Well many of you saw my earlier post where I went to my dealer (yes it feels like a drug), and wanted a couple boards and came away with the log. Well I did it again!!! He had called me with the enticement of some curly cherry. If I would take the whole think $3.00 a BF. I said sure why not (its only money right?). He also mentioned the other wood I had admired in the kiln when I unloaded the other cherry. I had never seen this stuff before and he had milled it down and it was ready and he’s sure I’d love to see it. Well I went this morning only to pick up the cherry and, well, I bought the other too. I had never seen herringbone red oak before. It’s the most unusual stuff. I had on my project list a coffee table and this will be perfect. Well I’m $600 bucks down and the $5.00 a BF for the QSRO seemed high, but I could not stop myself. The ray fleck and herringbone patter was calling me! My wife was joking that If I don’t get cracking, I’m not going to have room to move in the shop for the lumber being stored. He is going to be cutting a bunch of logs on the 17th and I’m taking a couple of days vacation to go help and learn from the guy on how to cut. He really knows what he’s doing and he’s always eager to give a lesson. I figure it will come in handy down the road if I want to start cutting my own.
First taste (the hook)
Curly cherry (I could not leave it!)
QSRO (herringbone)
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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Great prices. Is it kiln or air dried?
"Great prices. Is it kiln or air dried?"
It's Kiln dried. I helped unload the kiln. He uses a Nyle dehumidification kiln that is capable of 2,000 BF but is built (dimensionally) to do 1000 bf at a time. It's a cool setup. He is a retired Boeing worker who started his business to keep him busy. He cuts and stickers on his property for a year and then puts it in the kiln. In his words Mother nature will do most of the work for you, and helps keep the electric cost down. He deals almost exclusively with figured and QS. I'm learning as much as I can from this guy, so I can do the same when I retire (at least I have the dream of retirement). I'm finding out that there is two key parts to good quality lumber. Sawing it correctly, and drying it carefully. Screw up either and you have firewood.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Edited 3/9/2008 10:05 am by bones
Bones, If the lumber has been kiln dried, you don't need to sticker it unless you want to take it back to air-dry level. After it comes out of the kiln, you can stack it dead to limit its exposure, and even cover it with plastic will even add more protection.
There is often information given in these forums that can be misleading in the lack of information given, or not ask about or assumptions made. For example; It is often stated that the user brings the lumber home from the source, and spread it around the shop to acclimate. This is a good idea only if the shop has a controlled atmosphere close to what it will have after it is finished and in someone's home. If your shop is also your garage, and is only heated when you are out in it working over the weekend, but cold the rest of the time, this practice is in question of having any benefit.
"Bones, If the lumber has been kiln dried, you don't need to sticker it unless you want to take it back to air-dry level.
After it comes out of the kiln, you can stack it dead to limit its exposure, and even cover it with plastic will even add more protection. There is often information given in these forums that can be misleading in the lack of information given, or not ask about or assumptions made.
For example; It is often stated that the user brings the lumber home from the source, and spread it around the shop to acclimate. This is a good idea only if the shop has a controlled atmosphere close to what it will have after it is finished and in someone's home. If your shop is also your garage, and is only heated when you are out in it working over the weekend, but cold the rest of the time, this practice is in question of having any benefit."
In this case its where it will be used (for now). This lumber is for projects in my house and the garage is heated (passively) from the main living space so it is generally with in 10-20 degrees of temp, but RH is what I'm concerned about and remains about the same. I have found that RH can move independently from temp, which was a shock to me(I'm not a weatherman). I would have assumed that RH would drop in proportion to cold, but that's just not the case some times. I have a RH measuring device from RS and I monitor both garage and main living space and have found that they stay relatively close. The garage doors(insulated) do not open except to bring lumber in (at great pains to the wife and her car). I let new lumber acclimate to the shop for two to three weeks before using it. I do keep it stickered. It has just made sense to me that I would want air flowing evenly around the wood. It may be overkill but this method has worked for me and I have not had any failures (wood related). Maybe the experts at Taunton can chime in on the subject. Besides, it gives me time to let the wood speak to me and tell me what it wants to become. Take care.Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Hey Bones,
Sorry I'm not E-mailing direct, I think I deleted a reply from my previous E-mail to you. I looked at that cherry that my friend wanted removed. Forget it. The tree was damaged and stood too long, now its at least partially hollow. I do harvest maple and walnut when I have time. I'll get in touch next time I plan to take a few down.
No problem. Save what you can burn the rest. I will say that my supplier has a few spalted logs that had some really wild looking stuff. He says a lot of times he cuts into them even when they look worthless, and can get a few good boards, and the rest goes to the firewood pile for sale. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Well for starters, you could get rid of the kids bike. It takes up too much valuable storage room. Or... several of us can come to your place and help you by loading the wood into our trucks. That will give you more room to work in the shop. We'll each bring a bottle of our favorite 'adult beverage' and by the time we load up our trucks, you won't even remember purchasing the wood.
Now, THAT's what friends are for.
SawdustSteve recovering from 2+ inches of rain.....
Now if you were from Franklin county, VA we might talk. They always had some of the smoothest beverages I ever tasted. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
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