RE: [A/S]Floors (was Convection micro v. standard gas oven; Wilso n art floor...

[Jim Whitworth <jim_whitworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	 Hunter - Thanks for the heads up on sites to see in Reno,
Virginia City & Carson City. I'll have the souls of both my Dad &
Grandfather with me as I visit the set of Miss Kitty's saloon from
Gunsmoke. To paraphrase Jimmy Carter, I think both of those wonderful
men "lusted in their hearts" for Miss Kitty.

> Anyway, funny you should mention watching westerns on the cork floor
> because I am ordering a bunch of half round lodgepole pine "sticks" to
> trim out the trailer.  Will do the cornice boards and much of the
> "Formica oak" the only think I dislike more than oak is fake oak.
> Getting them from New West in Cody, Wyoming. Samples are on the way.
> My trailer will have the look of the 
> Ponderosa house when I get finished with this project....and I'll have
> to rob a bank. Hunter
> 
	Also "funny you should mention" making changes to the wood work
in your A/S. I have always really liked the mellow, almost honey color
of aged pine, and was thinking of trying to find & store lots of it for
the day I maybe / finally build my retirement house. But then -
	A friend took me "The Bull" into a fairly upscale country artsy
pottery/gallery "China Shop" (I almost got her to duct tape my arms to
my sides). BUT, I found The Most Beautiful vase / bowl / not sure what -
made of mesquite of all things. The wood has a look & feel very close to
an aged burl walnut, sorta resembles coffee with a swirl of cream,
nothing predictable about it. A very warm & soothing piece, expensive
(to me), but became my Christmas present to myself. Sits on the
nightstand between the single beds in my Safari. A tad too big for the
space at maybe 18" tall & maybe 8 to 10" in circumference, but I have no
other place for it right now. 

	The above is long winded, I know. Sorry. But take it from one
who thought the only good mesquite was dozed off the land & into good
BBQ, take a look at well finished mesquite. When I win the Lotto, I'd
love to put Jackson Center to work creating a very personalized trailer,
and you can bet the flooring or cabinets will be of mesquite ... if I
can afford it. Texas Lotto's ain't that big any more.

	One of the members of this group is an acknowledged wood worker.
I'd appreciate his thoughts/experiences working with mesquite. Is it
possible to make a plywood veneer of it, for larger sections of wall
paneling or table tops? Please answer offline if this isn't good subject
matter for this forum. But please do answer.

	Thanks - Jim Whitworth