Comments on: It’s a responsibility http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-a-responsibility part of the wood whisperer network Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11660 Tom Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:51:51 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11660 Good for you, Kenneth! Keep asking those questions... Good for you, Kenneth! Keep asking those questions…

]]> By: Kenneth http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11659 Kenneth Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:36 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11659 On my blog, I recently posted a <a href="http://roughwood.kennethwoodruff.com/2010/02/sapele-i-hardly-knew-you/" rel="nofollow">specific experience</a> with a retailer who kindly directed me towards a wood that I later found is threatened. A lot of this is about personal empowerment and understanding the ramifications of what we're doing. Thanks for helping to keep the realities in people's heads. Incidentally, when I called the dealer about this wood the guy literally snapped at me: "We don't want to go out of business next week, so we only deal with reputable companies..." I'm thinking "like Dole in Hawaii right?" I'm looking for another local dealer. On my blog, I recently posted a specific experience with a retailer who kindly directed me towards a wood that I later found is threatened. A lot of this is about personal empowerment and understanding the ramifications of what we’re doing. Thanks for helping to keep the realities in people’s heads.

Incidentally, when I called the dealer about this wood the guy literally snapped at me: “We don’t want to go out of business next week, so we only deal with reputable companies…” I’m thinking “like Dole in Hawaii right?”

I’m looking for another local dealer.

]]> By: Brian http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11468 Brian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:51 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11468 Thanks again Tom, for bringing the plight of deforestation to the front again !! its really to bad what has happened to the forests abroad and the lack of replanting, i wish we could grow those exotic woods hear in america !! Thanks again Tom,
for bringing the plight of deforestation to the front again !! its really to bad what has happened to the forests abroad and the lack of replanting, i wish we could grow those exotic woods hear in america !!

]]> By: Tom http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11461 Tom Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:19:53 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11461 No, Mark, I hadn't seen that... I like the story of finding those logs that have sunk and are later recovered. No, Mark, I hadn’t seen that… I like the story of finding those logs that have sunk and are later recovered.

]]> By: mark williams http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11456 mark williams Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:43:36 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11456 Thanks for posting this Tom. I saw a stat that 80% of the old growth forests are gone worldwide...Kind of scary. Did you see the artcile in Pop woodworking about harvesting the old maghoney from rivers in South America? Thanks for posting this Tom. I saw a stat that 80% of the old growth forests are gone worldwide…Kind of scary. Did you see the artcile in Pop woodworking about harvesting the old maghoney from rivers in South America?

]]> By: Eric R http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11448 Eric R Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:12:38 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11448 That's a mouthful of truth Tom.Thanks for reminding us. I try my best to use every stick of wood to the fullest and not waste anything. It takes a long time to grow a tree big enough to harvest and we should remember that the younger woodworkers need a good supply and so on. That’s a mouthful of truth Tom.Thanks for reminding us.
I try my best to use every stick of wood to the fullest and not waste anything.
It takes a long time to grow a tree big enough to harvest and we should remember that the younger woodworkers need a good supply and so on.

]]> By: Jonathan http://tomsworkbench.com/2010/03/10/it%e2%80%99s-a-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-11375 Jonathan Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:17 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=2498#comment-11375 This is a big reason I use local hardwoods, and not "exotics". This is a big reason I use local hardwoods, and not “exotics”.

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