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@@mountainbigsky it sure was fun making them, I'm already planning on turning some Live Oak weights to slide on to each end of the barbell to increase the weight 💪 😅

Fred and Barney would love it😅🤣

@@thewildgame1 thanks👍

@@Keywestcountry thanks, the squirrels are very upset 🐿 😁

Thank you for your comment

Thanks for watching

@Keywestcountry because the triangular roof frames are sharing all the downward force equally, as long as the bottom edges are contained. They are totally happy leaning on each other 🫠 to get the job done👌

@@TallgrassWorkshop Thank you for the explanation.

1 to 3 months depending on lots of variables

@@TallgrassWorkshop Thank you

@@MG-vo7is thanks for watching and your comment 👍

@Smithhands2727 I like to check my 🪵 wood pile regularly or walk in the woods looking for it naturally occurring. I use to hate the grub holes, now I just embrace them as part of Mother Nature's cycle of the wood 🤔and its relationship with the Forrest. It can make for some unique pieces and surprises inside. Lately I've been deep freezing my blanks instead of using heat for such critters. Thanks for watching 👍

Lol😅🤣 its funny that you ask, I was supposed to be on the top of the pile the whole time. I slipped and fell thru between two logs all the way up to my crotch and was stuck there, my Wife decided to video me trying to get out. It's was nice of her to not start laughing her ass off until after she found out I was all right. 👌

Thank you so much, it's the second one I made and I wanted to share how I did it. Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks for watching and your comment 👍

Thank you for the nice comment and subscribing, the criticism will only make my next video better. My channel is new and I'm still learning the ropes. Thanks again, 🍌😅🤣

Thanks, I wasn't sure how a "How To" video was going to turn out. Thanks for watching 👍

Thank you, it was alot of fun to make. Thanks for watching 🔗

Thank you for that👌 good luck with your Chain and have fun with it👍

Thanks, there's lots of variables so it hard to give you a straight answer. 1 to 3 months is a good range though. How active the Fungi spores are, the moisture content in the wood and or the plastic bag. Fresh cut wood has worked best for me. Fruit and nut bearing trees work better than most, but Oak, Maple and Sycamore have also been real successful for me. I usually put multiple species of wood in the bag together. There's alot of information On line about it too. Good luck🪵

Lol 😅 they were all long gone on this piece of wood 🪵 👍

Thanks, I agree, it also shows the relationship of all living things found in Mother Nature 👌 they all have their job to make the cycle to work

No, but it's been dipped into a resin table twice😅🤣😂

Yes, you are correct 👌 all mushrooms 🍄 are Fungi but not all Fungi are mushrooms 🤔 there are lots of members in the Fungi family, White and Brown Rot fungi are some of the more common wood decaying ones along with the dreaded " Black Mold" everybody talks about. Thanks for watching 👍

Absolutely, thank you so much for your comment 👍

Beginner here. How dangerous are the spores? Must one clean/disinfect the shop and change clothes after working with spalted wood? Does the workpiece need anything done to it to kill/neutralize spores, especially pieces that people will touch (cabinet/drawer fronts) or eat from (cutting boards, serving trays)?

@liuj88 workshop air quality is very important. Sawdust can cause respiratory problems even without spores, and that can vary between different wood species. I remove the sawdust regularly and wash my clothes normally. I appreciate your comments

@@TallgrassWorkshop Thank you. Do you do anything to the pieces that will touch food?

@liuj88 I would Poly it to enrich the grain and contrast. I wouldn't worry if the food had a peel, shell or wrapper (like candy) 🤔 I wouldn't drink soup from it😉

I've heard of putting yogurt on new statues to give them an old patina look, but never with wood 🤔 Fungi works in mysterious ways😉

Thank you so much for such a nice comment 👌

Thanks, we have a great team here👌

I plan to make some long form videos of the process. The channel is new and I'm putting up some shorts of the type of things we do here, and there's lots to cover. Thank you so much for your comment 😊

Thanks, my workshop is located in Florida. The hardware on this piece is all original, it's solid brass and cleaned up and polished. Thanks for watching and your nice comment 👍

Thanks for watching and your comment

Great idea, and I do alittle rock hounding myself 👌

Thanks, there was no basket making skills involved. These are my first two I've ever made. They look more like a bird's nest to me. If the bark is green (wet) it's really easy to work with. One day in the sun, and they harden up. You should try it👍

Great question, I just figured out how to make them 🤔 never thought what to use them for🤣😂

@@TallgrassWorkshop Use them to hold progressively smaller baskets!

@@Luschan the one fits inside of the other one perfectly 👌 thanks for watching and commenting

I don't know, but thank you for the comment. It helps with the algorithm 👍

You can please some of the people some of the time 🤔 but you can't please all the people all of the time😉

Honestly, I'm surprised you have not learned to use subtitles. They are silent. It is rude to insult a content provider. A private message would be more professional. KAREN

Thanks for watching and your comment, and I agree with you 100%👌

I'm glad you found it interesting, it's too bad my explanation on how to make it was insufficient for you.

That's interesting, I have a couple of buddies with tree services that bring me logs from distressed trees involving insects or disease and your right, there are some amazing transformations and color to the wood. Thank you for commenting and sharing with others. I'm 🤔always learning

Thank you for your feed back, it will help me make better content in the future.

@@TallgrassWorkshop It's a pleasure.

Thanks for watching, and taking the time for commenting with constructive criticism 👌 these are the things I need to know to make better content in the future. I'm new at this and still learning. Thanks again 👍

I believe your right, probably not, it loves moisture.I would target fresh cut wood in your area.

That's a great question, all the spalted wood I have has never changed once the moisture was removed Sealed or unsealed. I usually wax, oil or poly my projects. Thanks for watching and the comment

@@TallgrassWorkshop Beginner here. Is spalted wood food-safe, for use as cutting boards, serving trays, etc.? I assume a poly finish encapsulates all the fungus/spores, but are there alternative methods/finishes that can make spalted wood safe? Or is spalted wood safe even with no finish or any special procedure done to it?

@liuj88 those are some of the most debatable questions on any woodworking forum. All wood surfaces are porous and need to be sealed if they make contact with food. Mantinence and care of such surfaces are equally important. They're many variables to consider, including food type. "Food Safe" is a very subjective term. If the Fungi doesn't get you, the bacteria might. There's alot of information out there on this topic and you can never do enough research 👍

Thank you for the comment, my channel is new and my editing needs to be better, but I'm working it out🤔 We do a little bit of everything in the workshop, including resin. We're not an expert on anything, but are learning new things daily 👌 thanks again

@@TallgrassWorkshop good luck for the future,

Thanks for your comment, your going to really like my next one👍

I agree. ☝️

I think we can all agree, I could of done better

Thanks for the tip 👍

A helpful hint, hit the CC (captions) on videos like this and it really helps. 👍😃👍

Thanks, giving Fungi a perfect place to live along with a fresh cut piece of wood is always a fun experiment 🤓 for me. Surrounding it with sawdust that already contains the Fungi just speeds things up. Sometimes extra moisture is needed to start things happening, i use a spray bottle👌Thanks for watching and commenting

Depending on the Fungi that's growing and the wood your using, 2 to 6 weeks. Thanks for watching

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Thanks, trying to explain stuff and talking to a camera still feels weird to me. Online there's more information about it and goes into greater detail. Thanks for watching and the comment 😉👍

I've had Spalting occurring in as little of 2 weeks, but not really pentatrating the wood much. And your right it varies with species of wood. To answer your question, on average 1 month and up to 2 on stubborn ones. Thanks for watching

So over the cool Florida winter should be long enough.

@MKD-fe5vf yes, since there's alot of variables, you can check on it now and then

Thanks for watching, love your content, just subscribed👍

That makes it real easy😉👍 same here in Florida. Wood decaying Fungi will start growing on anything laying directly on the ground. In an arid climate, the trash bag method could work for someone 🪵 thanks for watching and commenting

@@TallgrassWorkshop Yeah, I'm in the southern shore of New England. It's almost as humid and hot as Orlando during summer, at least it was last summer. But winters do get real dry. We get all the snowbirds move up here for the summer.

It's all good, they flock down here in the winter 😅🤣😂