wdwerker Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I read that a company was able to use sweet gum laminated layers to replace industrial oak mats almost twice the thickness to support big crawler tracked machines in swampy construction sites. So it's strong stuff if handled properly. Your raw trunks look good, I hope they yield something useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 What is your plan to mill it into lumber? Does Bob have an Alaskan mill or are you hand sawing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardA Posted March 27, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27, 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 Drawbridge??? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 What type of wood are the two spalted ones? The gum halves look awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcarswell Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Will post tonight what a great thread. I've wanted to do this for a while but my lumber is in my 2 car garage shop and I'm a true hoarder. It's everywhere except on the floor thank god. Will update soon. Hey Steve ! That honduran mahogany piece ! How much did that cost you 20 years ago ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Drawbridge??? Trebuchet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 What is your plan to mill it into lumber? Does Bob have an Alaskan mill or are you hand sawing? Bob does not have and Alaskan mill. I am going to do some research on Alaskan mill. I will post some pictures when we start the milling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Day 3 Lumberjack. Day 3 went much smoother & quicker...there were 3 of us instead of just 2. No additional pictures since the logs all look the same. I will update with a picture once we get all of the logs into Bob's garage. Yep, that's awesome color for sweet gum! Gonna turn bowls out of it, or what? I contacted a friend who does a lot of turning. He does not like sweet gum for turning...much too hard. So, I don't plan to turn bowls with the sweet gum. Also, I don't own a lathe (yet). Regards, FtrPilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I think your turner friend might be confused...American sweet gum is very soft. Maybe he's thinking of Australian red gum, which has a janka rating in the two-thousands. I believe sweet gum is like seven or eight hundred something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmutt Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I got this lumber from craigslist. An old guy was selling all his wood working tools and lumber. He had 2 storage locker full of Cherry an Walnut. He was selling it for $1.00 a foot.Was supposed to get 300 board feet it ended up being almost 500 board foot when got home. He said he got it at a farm auction. This is better stuff than I have ever bought at any lumber yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 ==>An old guy Let's substitute 'retiring woodworker' for 'old guy' ==>supposed to get 300 board feet it ended up being almost 500 board foot when got home Happens every time... Now if I could get a Tardis* in the shape of a pickup truck, I'd go broke... Dr. Who joke... Apologies in advance... was going to make a chameleon circuit joke, but that would been over everyone’s head -- hopefully... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmutt Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 OK retired woodworker. He measured it. I only got the cherry because it was on top of the walnut I wanted. I being Lazy thought better to buy it than restack it.lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I think your turner friend might be confused...American sweet gum is very soft. Maybe he's thinking of Australian red gum, which has a janka rating in the two-thousands. I believe sweet gum is like seven or eight hundred something. I will talk with my turner friend when I see him in April. Could be more of a preference issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I got this lumber from craigslist. An old guy was selling all his wood working tools and lumber. He had 2 storage locker full of Cherry an Walnut. He was selling it for $1.00 a foot.Was supposed to get 300 board feet it ended up being almost 500 board foot when got home. He said he got it at a farm auction. This is better stuff than I have ever bought at any lumber yard. There's a chance I hate you a little bit right now. . I pay $8 and up for decent walnut here and it's my favorite wood to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmutt Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 There's a chance I hate you a little bit right now. . I pay $8 and up for decent walnut here and it's my favorite wood to work with. That is what I was paying for it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 It would take me several hours of driving around to different places to photograph the wood in different barns and buildings we have, and I would probably still forget somewhere. My Dad was kind of like women that collect cloth, except he bought wood. I even have disassembled 200 year old buildings in sheds at several places including here where we live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooked82 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I just finished my garage shop build and am now outfitting it with things I'll need. I came across a guy on CL that was selling off his woodworking collection and spent $800 on wood among many other things. I had to build the lumber cart to hold it all and the stuff left on the floor is unidentified wood that I'm still processing. Here's what it included: Wood (Board Feet) - All the wood in the picture on the lumber cart that I just built to store it all------Maple (Hard) - 12.5Maple (Curly) - 14Maple (Birdseye) - 14.7Maple (Burl Block) - 14.1Black Walnut - 37.3Brazilian Rosewood - 2.1Purpleheart - 9.6Cherry - 18.3Koa - 5.1Palisander - 1.5Iron Bark - 3.1Gaboon Ebony - 1.1Cocobolo - 6.6Bubinga - 1.3Zebrawood - 4.2Quina - 4.4Padauk - .7Leopard Wood - 1.1Honduras Mahogany - 5.6Chakte Kok - 6.7Stack of wood that is still unidentifiedMisc pieces of 3/4" Baltic Birch plywood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Unidentified stack: Top right is wenge. The board under the wenge looks like it could be bocote. Top left looks like African mahogany. I've seen bubinga that looks like that too, but I'd have to have a closer look at the grain to decide. The orangish boards under it might be padauk. Take some better pictures and we might be able to figure it out. Nice haul! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooked82 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Unidentified stack: Top right is wenge. The board under the wenge looks like it could be bocote. Top left looks like African mahogany. I've seen bubinga that looks like that too, but I'd have to have a closer look at the grain to decide. The orangish boards under it might be padauk. Take some better pictures and we might be able to figure it out. Nice haul! Thanks, I was excited to get it all. So a few of the pieces in that pile, I have identified, I just used the pictures that I had taken a week ago after I had built that lumber cart. I'll get some updated pics of what I haven't fully identified and post a new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 hooked82, I'm impressed with your stash but your clean floor is disgusting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooked82 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 There, is that better? Results of a 2" forstner bit in my latest walnut/maple laminated candle holder board. My favorite offsetting color combinations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Finally cleaned the garage up enough that its not too embarassing to show. Here is my current stash, nothing fancy: L to R, red & white oak, walnut, pine, poplar, and mulberry. There's a leftover piece of WRC siding in front of the mulberry, and a 3x3 stick of cherry (I think) somewhere on the left. All CL finds, as I have yet to locate a local lumber yard that sells hardwood in anything less than flatbed truck loads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Mulberry? I don't think I've ever seen mulberry used. Cool stash. Have you found that leaning the wood up against the wall like that will bend it over time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 So far I've only used to mulberry in small pieces for cutting boards. Has a golden-brown color that compliments walnut nicely. As for vertical storage, I try to keep the boards as near to 90* as possible, and so far there is no sign of bending or sagging. I saw David Marks give a tour through his lumber barn once, and most of his was vertical, so I guess it will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I noticed the same thing in a tour that Mr Maloof gave of his shop. About half was on pallets but also hundreds of boards stood on end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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