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[xoxoxoBruce]

You're right, definitely wet to show how smooth it is, I think he probably wet it with a bucket if it wasn't raining.

I have a piece of Black Walnut about 4ft long, 28/9 inches wide and 3 inches thick. I'd cut it out with a chainsaw, and looked for a planer to smooth it out, but the only outfit in the area with a planer over 24 inches wide wouldn't do it. He said he'd just spent $175 having the blades sharpened, and didn't want to chance hitting a bullet or nail.
I set it up on the picnic table with a 20 inch box fan the blow the dust away and smoothed it with a body grinder and sanders. I coughed for 6 weeks after that. So 20 years later, I still haven't used it.