Lightning Wood

Photo Egg

Way OT.
I’m looking for a small piece lightning  struck wood.
About 6” long. About the size of an Xfinity cable remote control.
Anyone have a tree limb struck. Just one piece.
Thanks in advance.

northGAcock

Photo Egg said:

Way OT.
I’m looking for a small piece lightning  struck wood.
About 6” long. About the size of an Xfinity cable remote control.
Anyone have a tree limb struck. Just one piece.
Thanks in advance.

Come on brother.....you can’t put that here and not explain what fer? 

alaskanassasin

I had a dead Ash tree hit by lightening last summer, it exploded a shank of shrapnel about a foot long that was buried halfway into the lawn. It was not however burned. Are you looking for a burned piece?

 

Photo Egg

alaskanassasin said:

I had a dead Ash tree hit by lightening last summer, it exploded a shank of shrapnel about a foot long that was buried halfway into the lawn. It was not however burned. Are you looking for a burned piece?

 

No, does not have to be burned. 

Happy to pay you for it and shipping.
Thank 

alaskanassasin

pretty sure I picked it up but I will check for you tomorrow. I cut the tree up for firewood.

Photo Egg

alaskanassasin said:

pretty sure I picked it up but I will check for you tomorrow. I cut the tree up for firewood.

Thank you very much. Appreciate your time.

alaskanassasin

I just went and checked with the flashlight and it is gone.  That was the only tree that I know for a fact has been hit by lightening.  Wish I was more help.

Photo Egg

alaskanassasin said:

I just went and checked with the flashlight and it is gone.  That was the only tree that I know for a fact has been hit by lightening.  Wish I was more help.

Thanks so much for checking.

GoooDawgs

My comcast remote is 6 inches!?  Aw man.....

RRP

Photo Egg said:

Way OT.
I’m looking for a small piece lightning  struck wood.
About 6” long. About the size of an Xfinity cable remote control.
Anyone have a tree limb struck. Just one piece.
Thanks in advance.

Darian -
I'm bumping your post as I want to help you...BUT what the hell is this about? Are you just looking for splintered, blackened wood, which honestly in a mere 6" length probably wouldn't even be identifiable to an inexperienced person!
Ron 

GrateEggspectations

“Lightning wood” was my nickname in high school. 

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

“Lightning wood” was my nickname in high school. 

FlyOverCountry

GoooDawgs said:

My comcast remote is 6 inches!?  Aw man.....

Just took a look at mine.  I hope nobody tells my wife!

theyolksonyou

Dyal_SC

RRP said:

Photo Egg said:

Way OT.
I’m looking for a small piece lightning  struck wood.
About 6” long. About the size of an Xfinity cable remote control.
Anyone have a tree limb struck. Just one piece.
Thanks in advance.

Darian -
I'm bumping your post as I want to help you...BUT what the hell is this about? Are you just looking for splintered, blackened wood, which honestly in a mere 6" length probably wouldn't even be identifiable to an inexperienced person!
Ron 

Bad day, Ron?  Lol 

Photo Egg

RRP said:

Photo Egg said:

Way OT.
I’m looking for a small piece lightning  struck wood.
About 6” long. About the size of an Xfinity cable remote control.
Anyone have a tree limb struck. Just one piece.
Thanks in advance.

Darian -
I'm bumping your post as I want to help you...BUT what the hell is this about? Are you just looking for splintered, blackened wood, which honestly in a mere 6" length probably wouldn't even be identifiable to an inexperienced person!
Ron 

Thanks Ron.
It was only a matter of time before this post went to the dogs. Surprised it lasted this long.lol
Not really looking for the burned up section. Most of the time a tree will get hit and almost explode a section. If it's pine, the sap will burn a vein line. Most of this in art stuff nowadays is man made by electric chair method.
But have a friend that wants a piece for an astrological display of some kind.
Google images below.
 

JohnInCarolina

@Photo Egg - that last pic is very cool.

Dyal_SC

Man that is really cool. Had no idea. 

Photo Egg

JohnInCarolina said:

@Photo Egg - that last pic is very cool.

Makes some very cool designs burned into the wood by the sap.
The above images were google, not mine.

JohnInCarolina

Photo Egg said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@Photo Egg - that last pic is very cool.

Makes some very cool designs burned into the wood by the sap.
The above images were google, not mine.

I figured as much, but thanks for making that clear.

PigBeanUs

Lightning struck one of my pigs a while back. Not the turbo cook I was looking for. I could have sent you a bone or something but she's gone now. 

fishlessman

have one in the yard but its a hundred and twenty feet tall. looked for the sand glass but i think someone was there before me, there was a small creator next to the tree in the sand

TigerTony

GrateEggspectations said:

“Lightning wood” was my nickname in high school. 

That's awesome!!!!......scared the hell out of my dog when I busted out laughing
 

speed51133

make your own. VERY simple.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Woodburning-with-Electricity/

JohnInCarolina

speed51133 said:

make your own. VERY simple.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Woodburning-with-Electricity/

What could possibly go wrong?

Dyal_SC

PigBeanUs said:

Lightning struck one of my pigs a while back. Not the turbo cook I was looking for. I could have sent you a bone or something but she's gone now. 

That little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home.  

Photo Egg

speed51133 said:

make your own. VERY simple.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Woodburning-with-Electricity/

If I were doing it for the design pattern I would.

speed51133

so what are you doing it "for"??

Photo Egg

speed51133 said:

so what are you doing it "for"??

Like I said above "have a friend that wants a piece for an astrological display of some kind"

Specifically, I have no idea. I'm really not into the horoscope/star stuff. Just trying to help a friend.

speed51133

So you do NOT want it for the design pattern, but you want it for some kind of display piece.....I am confused. Are you under the impression a bolt of lightening from the sky will impart some special mojo into the wood whereas electricity from a power plant does not have this secret sauce??? Just so you know, lightening does not have a fixed output frequency or voltage. It is quite variable depending on the circumstances of the strike. Not only that, but there are different kinds of lightening strikes. Believe it or not, what you can pull out of a wall socket with the added transformer is well within the range of natural lightening. 

Photo Egg

speed51133 said:

So you do NOT want it for the design pattern, but you want it for some kind of display piece.....I am confused. Are you under the impression a bolt of lightening from the sky will impart some special mojo into the wood whereas electricity from a power plant does not have this secret sauce??? Just so you know, lightening does not have a fixed output frequency or voltage. It is quite variable depending on the circumstances of the strike. Not only that, but there are different kinds of lightening strikes. Believe it or not, what you can pull out of a wall socket with the added transformer is well within the range of natural lightening. 

Honestly, it has no meaning to me.
Like I said, it is for a good friend. She is into astrology and what not and was asking if I knew where she could get a small piece of wood, from a tree, that was lightning struck. I'm assuming, for people into astrology, believing the piece of wood was naturally struck as opposed to man made strike is important.
A home run, World Series, winning caught baseball...is still just a baseball...but to some, it would be very significant.
I don't know any specific details on the use and don's want to risk being hexed in the future so I did't ask.lol