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| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2009, 03:59 AM (367 Views) | |
| lb1 | May 14 2009, 03:59 AM Post #1 |
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A couple stories, see how they become related. #1 There is a non profit organization here that is building/restoring old historic sites and structures. When a project is completed they turn it over for the city to manage along with a grant for its maintenence. One of the projects is the moving and rebuilding of an old barn from the 1830's. The barn will be used for demonstrations of farming and woodworking techniques that were used in this area during the 1800s. An old friend is in charge of this project and he contacted me a couple weeks ago. He said they were in need of donations in order to complete this project in time for the annual city festival in September. I dipped in and contributed as well as contacting some friends to do so. They were able to get enough money to buy the materials needed. #2 I have been looking for six months for some special wood to side the back of my house and to panel the inside of a Summer kitchen/entertainment building. I wanted 12' 4/4 Sassafras that was sawn with a steel circular saw. The wood will be used rough sawn and this type of cutting has the unique saw marks I wanted that you can't get with a carbide circular or a band mill cut. I found exactly what I was looking for at a small dimension mill that is run by a couple brothers. I have know these guys for years and I have done a lot of work with them over the years. I had called them when I was looking and Dave called me back and said he had just what I was looking for and the exact quantity. I told him I didn't need it right away but I would get it in a month or so. Dave laughed and said that it has been in their warehouse since 1978, he didn't think it would be going anywhere. Yesterday morning I called Dave to tell him I would be coming to pick up the lumber and when could he have it ready. Guess what he told me when he called back? His brother John sold it to the group that was building the old barn and they had already picked it up. lb |
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| QuirtEvans | May 14 2009, 04:02 AM Post #2 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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| Mikhailoh | May 14 2009, 04:03 AM Post #3 |
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That seems rather unfair. |
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| plays88keys | May 14 2009, 04:22 AM Post #4 |
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I'd be furious too, lb. |
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| lb1 | May 14 2009, 04:45 AM Post #5 |
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Aw, I am not really mad, just disappointed. I can't blame anyone, it was just one of those things. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| Frank_W | May 14 2009, 05:13 AM Post #6 |
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Aw, man... That sucks. (Can you go to where they've moved it and... "liberate" it?)
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| Kincaid | May 14 2009, 07:27 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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and then leave a nice donation. |
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| Kincaid | May 14 2009, 07:29 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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actually, I'd think about contacting them and seeing if they really need that exact wood for their project and if not, would they be willing to sell it to me for a little more than they paid. Unless, that is, that you think you'll be able to find the same thing w/o much trouble. |
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| Free Rider | May 14 2009, 07:43 AM Post #9 |
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lb on one hand it's a little funny. I used a circular sawn flooring for my house because those saw marks are just too cool. I know what you mean by not being able to achieve these marks with bandsawn wood. BTW how were you going to use 4x4's for siding your house? I am envisioning gapping them a inch or two and filling the gap with some kind of chinking material like logjam. But I'm probably wrong. I think you can find a product with these saw marks, except it won't be Sassafras...probably Doug Fir. |
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| lb1 | May 14 2009, 03:01 PM Post #10 |
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4x4 is four inches by four inches, 4/4 is the designation the hardwood lumber industry uses to designate one inch thick lumber. I have found some Elm that would be beautiful but Elm has a bad warping problem. I visited the barn today and it will be a definite asset to the community. It will look like a barn on the outside but part of the interior will have environmentally controlled rooms for meetings and educational demonstrations. One room will be paneled with lumber of every specie that was native to our county in the 1800's. The group is also in the completion stages of a working water powered grist mill that is an exact reproduction of one that sat on the same spot for over 175 years. Abe Lincoln had corn ground at the original mill. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| Free Rider | May 14 2009, 04:21 PM Post #11 |
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I read your post wrong...sorry. I call the 1-by stuff..1 by 4 or 1 by 6. Learn something new every day, right? Well I'm glad to hear that that barn will be restored and put to good use educating people about history...something I feel is very important. Still that sassafras would have looked good on your place. |
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| lb1 | May 14 2009, 05:00 PM Post #12 |
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Most of the inside of my house is Sassafras with some Poplar. The sassafras is all circular sawn and the poplar is band sawn. I will eventually replace all the band sawn wood. The bathroom I am working on now will have Hard Maple and Ash alternating boards. It will be planed though instead of rough sawn. Ash is a beautiful wood similar to Sassafras but it is a bitch to work with, you can't drive a nail into it, every nail has to be pre-bored. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| Jolly | May 14 2009, 05:06 PM Post #13 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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I started to say something about finding somebody with a Lucas Mill, but you've already got the set-up you want, just not the lumber. I'm guessing somebody around there has a kiln, so how hard is it to find some more sassafras? An observation...we always subbed ash for oak...it works and stains much better... |
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| lb1 | May 14 2009, 05:25 PM Post #14 |
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There are 10 kilns within ten miles in every direction around here. There is not a lot of Sassafras sawn though, I can't understand why because we have a lot of trees and the wood is beautiful and great to work with. It dries nice without a lot of degrading or honeycombing. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| Free Rider | May 14 2009, 05:40 PM Post #15 |
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lb i envy you because the things you are doing now are the things I want to do when I retire. I really like the way you live. I especially like the way you derive your resources from the surrounding environment..raw materials, refined to your needs. Could you take a few pictures of the sassafras 1 by material you have covering your walls? I have never seen or worked with sassafras. PS I know what you mean by wood that won't take a nail. |
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| Frank_W | May 15 2009, 06:08 AM Post #16 |
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Lb, what are your thoughts on the quarter-sawn stuff? Historically accurate and beautiful... It's a bit more difficult to sand, but when the stain goes on, WOW!! |
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| lb1 | May 15 2009, 06:47 AM Post #17 |
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I think quarter sawn has its place, but IMO most species are rather bland looking quarter sawn. Quarter sawn White Oak is nice, if it isn't used in a massive amount. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| Frank_W | May 15 2009, 06:59 AM Post #18 |
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Yeah.. That's the species I was thinking of. I love working with it
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(Can you go to where they've moved it and... "liberate" it?)


6:13 AM Jul 11