RonSchmitt
Member
Word of warning for those of you using the wood from the USS North Carolina, or ANY warship.
RUN A METAL DETECTOR OVER IT!!!!
I learned this the hard way.
The teak was used for its insulating properties, and also because it would catch SHRAPNEL and keep it from ricocheting.
( at least until some idiot with a turning tool hit it while turning a pen )
1 blank: destroyed
1 pair of shorts: also destroyed.
Just glad I wear a face shield and didn't have to explain to an ER doc how in 2011, I was wounded by a piece of shrapnel from WWII:biggrin:
(for the record, the wood I was turning came from another ship)
RUN A METAL DETECTOR OVER IT!!!!
I learned this the hard way.
The teak was used for its insulating properties, and also because it would catch SHRAPNEL and keep it from ricocheting.
( at least until some idiot with a turning tool hit it while turning a pen )
1 blank: destroyed
1 pair of shorts: also destroyed.
Just glad I wear a face shield and didn't have to explain to an ER doc how in 2011, I was wounded by a piece of shrapnel from WWII:biggrin:
(for the record, the wood I was turning came from another ship)