Every year I make bunch of fancy tillering gizmos to put on the St Jude auction. I try to make most of them special out of highly figured wood like this one of spalted birch. They do well on the auction bringing $20-30 each, the more figure, the more money they bring. Being a flintlock builder I am a master of using aquafortis to bring out the figure in maple



I am out of everything but crotch wood walnut and am looking for any of the figured scrap anyone might have that can be cut to at least 6/12" long and 1 1/8" suare. It needs to about the softness of maple or less, I can't pound the nut into woods as hard as osage or hickory without splitting it.

I sold one gizmo for $5 about 20 years ago and haven't sold one since, even though I have passed the 250 mark in making them to give away or donate. All scrap collected will be turned into gizmos for the auction.

I will gladly pay for a flat rate shipping box of any size box of scrap you wish to donate for the cause.

Nice looking

Now you post looks goofy, not mine

I was editing to use a better picture.

I'm in the process of a major cleaning campaign. Most of my stuff is probably too hard but I'll keep my eyes peeled. Good on you, Eric. That's a good cause. 

Would spalted hackberry be of any use to you, Eric?

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How about red elm or mesquite?

Looks good Roy, I wouldn't need much and the more lines the better.

Check your PM.

Man, I just chunked some box elder that would have worked. 
What about ERC?  Got a bunch of that stuff.

I have a lot of ERC,

I won this one in the Saint Jude auction.

I've been using the gizmo for quite a few years.

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