burned some wood ....

[Marcellarius]

I have a plastic box (about 13"x16"x23") filled with all kind op nice pieces of wood.
oak, beech, apricot, cherry, and also some 1,5"vine branches.
most wood sawed in 1/4 and 1/2" thick pieces. did some intarsia and intend to do more.
my special wood box!!!!
opened the box today  and there it was: lots of sawdust coming out the vine and apricot.
it was all over the box. guess some kind of woodworm's.
did see some other little bugs walking .....
Didn't took me long to decide what to do.
don't want the little bugs eating my other wood so I burned everything. 
didn't try to safe some of the wood it might have bugs or egs.... better save then sorry!
looking at the flames it did hurt my heart to see so much nice wood go in flames.

so to all: check your wood every now and then!

[Crabbyboater]

Ouch!  I can feel the pain even here. 

Thanks for the heads up.  I'll have to start checking more closely.

[Keefie]

I had the same trouble with my stock of turning wood. The little buggers got into everything, now when I scratch my head I get sawdust too!!!!

[Dawie]

Oeps! Very painful. Thanks for the warning.

David

[dgman]

I thought I felt a disturbance in the force!

[BilltheDiver]

Here on the Gulf Coast we have a termite which doesn't require contact with the soil.  It's called the drywood termite and spends its entire life inside wood except when it swarms to create a new colony.  I got out of woodworking for a few years, and when I started again I found that the handles of most of my lathe chisels had been consumed from the inside.