Stoutman wrote:
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Works nice, but I had some problems with the ends of boards splitting after
cut to length and left laying around for a few days.

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Yes, walnut is a very nice wood to work with...nice crisp edges, yet not
too hard to work w/ sharp hand tools fairly easily. Odor is pungent,
but not too much so.

I'd add as a tip/comment, not intended as other than constructive...

WRT to the ends splitting, that really isn't characteristic of walnut,
per se. It would indicate that either the moisture content wasn't
stable throughout or (more likely imo) there were very tiny end checks
that weren't fully removed in the initial layout that subsequently
opened. Owing to the dark color, it may be more difficult to spot such
imperfections than in, say, maple, particularly if did the initial
approximate cut-to-approximate-size operation on rough lumber.

HTH in the future, perhaps...

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