To: Red Badger; Ditto
“You ever try to hollow out a 50 foot tree?........”
In most cases before the advent of iron tools, fire was used to burn out most of the wood using hot coals.
23 posted on
05/06/2008 11:04:25 AM PDT by
Beagle8U
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To: Beagle8U
“In most cases before the advent of iron tools, fire was used to burn out most of the wood using hot coals.”
That must have been like examining brand-new horseshoes...
26 posted on
05/06/2008 11:08:51 AM PDT by
Old Professer
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To: Beagle8U
It was a pine tree soft enough to pound out. there are some big oaks and cypress there. They were smart enough not to use them.
31 posted on
05/06/2008 11:21:32 AM PDT by
Soliton
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