bushwacked Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Yes Ken a walnut cabinet for the shop. It's only the sides of the door, drawer front and edge banding for an accent. The vast majority of it is baltic birch. I am doing my wall hanging plane and tool cabinet in homage to H.O. Studley so thought a fancy wood for the door and drawers would be an advertisement to visitors (and potential customers) to the shop. I hope we will be getting lots of pics of this build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I hope we will be getting lots of pics of this build! You've talked me into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yes Ken a walnut cabinet for the shop. It's only the sides of the door, drawer front and edge banding for an accent. The vast majority of it is baltic birch. I am doing my wall hanging plane and tool cabinet in homage to H.O. Studley so thought a fancy wood for the door and drawers would be an advertisement to visitors (and potential customers) to the shop. Terry, great idea! I wanna see too. Post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Rahberg Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Um lets see, I have 300 bf of american elm in 3.5" thick slabs, maybe 10 feet long, 1 tree 600 bf of kansas walnut in 2.5" thick slabs (drying) 2 trees 300 bf of quarter sawn sycamore. 1 tree book matched pair of 2.5" warted oak slabs (diseased tree) Really cool looking. Lots of alder that was free from a job I was working at and the architect ordered a semi truck too much of really cool mouldings, casing, etc. responsible for getting me into wood working and smoking salt. 50 bf of figured walnut shorts. a few board feet of padauk, purple heart, jatoba. For my next sawmill run, I have an on the list 300 bf hickory, 1 tree, 300 bf ash, 1 tree, 300 bf quarter sawn sycamore, 1 tree. 300 bf osage 1 tree. And hopefully a kiln in the works in the next few months, otherwise it will have to just air dry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Lots of flame birch, 8/4 hard maple, straight grain walnut, Spanish cedar...and the rest are keeper cut offs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I am in the middle of a shop reorg so my stash is a little dangerous right now. Two small apple slabs A 4/4x14"x8' piece of figured maple (this is the off cut, I have a longer clear piece in the stack) Other random stuff: A whole bunch of cherry. Mostly 6/4 and 8/4. Some really dense 4/4 with lots of black gum pockets. 50bd ft of Ash. Two bookmatched hard maple slabs (5/4) Some flame birch Some figured oak 2 sticks of CVG doug fir 2 sticks of really nice 8/4 quarter sawn red oak 3 teak deck boards left over from an outside project One thing I have learned as a board hoarder. I never pays to buy random figured 4/4 boards. As nice as they look it is hard to fit into a project. If buying something on impulse, get 8/4 stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Mike, Is the 1st pic the apple slabs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Mike, Is the 1st pic the apple slabs? Yes, I don't know what I am going to make with them. Maybe a bench like this for our kitchen table. If so I will not use the live edges. I have a couple live edges pieces in my house already. That is the other thing I have learned about being a board hoarder. Live edges look cool at the lumberyard, but you really can't fill a house with the stuff unless your taste is really modern (i.e. mostly metal and concrete furniture with a few wood pieces) or really rustic. for most transitional type homes you can squeeze in a live edge or two before it starts to look out of place. http://www.finewoodworking.com/woodworking-plans/article/a-bench-that-fits-every-room.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 You just need smaller projects for those lone figured boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Wish I had actual lumber stash. At the moment I'm a project by project lumber user sadly That's not a bad thing. Although my photography groups like to show off pics of their lens collections ... an empty camera bag is seen as an orphan of sorts. Alas, it never ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 A before and after. My pile of wood on top of my TS and outfeed table. It's about as organized as it was before, where it was just stacked on top of some shelving units. The after is the new rack I built - 2x4 vertical supports with 1/2" galv pipe to hold up the lumber. I've seen similar plans before, but this is based on article I just saw in the "Storage Solutions" I just got from PWW. From the top, I have some air dried ash and oak I got from a coworker, a little cherry and walnut, some hard maple, various figured woods (mostly quilted and curly maples), and then assorted pieces of oak, jatoba, monkeywood and some off-cuts. Somewhere in there are a few pieces of bubinga and zebrawood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 John, That's a sweet looking rack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I have been woodworking for about 3 years, and currently don't have much of a stash. I have a good friend and woodworking mentor who is also a wood hound. Today, Bob and I started to "harvest" a sweet gum tree that a friend had cut down. We will share the fruits of our labor. It will probably take 3 or 4 days to get the wood to Bob's basement. Here's some pictures: I think I am off to a good start. FtrPilot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Nice color ! Seems like I heard Sweet gum grain can be sorta spiral. Could be mistaken.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 If you told me it was walnut, I'd believe you. And there you go with that Bob guy again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Yep, that's awesome color for sweet gum! Gonna turn bowls out of it, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Nice color ! Seems like I heard Sweet gum grain can be sorta spiral. Could be mistaken.... I have some other sweet gum that has an unusual grain. I will post a picture tomorrow. ...... And there you go with that Bob guy again Here's a pic of one corner of one room in his basement. FtrPilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Bob's Your Bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I woke up this morning feeling like I spent yesterday chopping down a tree... Today's challenge is splitting the the rest of the big logs, and getting 2 of them into Bob's truck. This whole project will take 5 or 6 days. I may go back to buying lumber after this is all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Yep, that's awesome color for sweet gum! Gonna turn bowls out of it, or what? No decision yet on what to build with it. I will let you know when I use it in a project. May be a long time since I don't have a kiln in my backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyrolan Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 May be a long time since I don't have a kiln in my backyard. Yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I looked it up, sweet gum does have a habit of twisting as it dries. Good luck, the color sure is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 A friend brought his freight trailer up last weekend packed with sawn oak boards for me. He'd had some work done on his castle (house) and these were the left over bits he brought me. I guess I have a few more oak projects to build in the next year or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Day 2 as a lumberjack... This morning...Bob and I headed out to process and haul more of the sweet gum tree. When we first arrived at the job site, we noticed that the core was noticeably lighter in color as the tree is already starting to dry. Here's a picture: The challenge was to get the first 2 halves into the truck. A 3 person job, but there were only 2 of us. It took over an hour and a half, lots of grunting, groaning, straining, and resting. And we finally got them into the truck. Number 1 in the truck... Number 2 in the truck... We then sawed the next log in half. We did a much better job of sawing. The color of this section is even sweeter... Tomorrow, there will be 3 of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I looked it up, sweet gum does have a habit of twisting as it dries. Good luck, the color sure is nice. Yes, not expecting long & wide planks. Expecting to get boards suitable for accent pieces, or special purpose, like the front brace of a shelf, like the picture below. Here's an 8/4 8" x 3 feet board that I plan use to build a small keepsake box. Here's a 2" x 2" x 4 feet board that I will use as a shelf front. The grain pattern is awesome. FtrPilot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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