Willin Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Am planning to build a sofa table next, a copy of an arts and crafts piece designed by the Scottish designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, circa 1904. Pic below. Setting out Monday, I went into town intending to get either cherry, white oak, or red oak, but whatever, in rift sawn. The first place I went, a yard that sells all their hardwood hit-and-miss planed to all the standard thicknesses, had it in white oak, and best yet, on sale. So, for $5.95 per board feet, I picked some up. I went through about half of the 125 or so ten footers they had in the sale bunk, to find what I wanted, and the pics show the results. Clear select white oak, rift sawn, 35 bf. See the curved grain? Table top boards for the curved front and rear edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'm not trying to be rude, but we all have wood of some sort, some have exotics, some have domestic... We don't have a reason to show it off unless it's unique, or in a project! So, you have wood, and what's your point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 He likes his wood. Nothing wrong with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'm using white oak in my current project, and really digging it. Yours is going to be pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Jimerfield Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I'm detecting a rift in the force. Lots of curmudgeons on the internet today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 I think it's the real estate. I assume this is the good start of a journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willin Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 And then I thought, hey, what would some of those 2x4s be like for a project! So I stopped at Lowe's, and boy, did they have some nice ones. And every one was one of a kind. No two had knots in the same place. Twists, curls, bends galore. Really exotic. Cool. I bought three, and would post pics of them here, but I dropped my phone and then one of the 2x4s dropped on it and smashed up the glass. Wow! 2x4s and I think they are made of something called "white wood." What could they possibly be? Maybe I'll use them to make a split ruobo bench, whatever that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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