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Huge Air Dried Walnut haul

Blog entry by Greg Salata posted 648 days ago 764 reads 0 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch

A friend of mine contacted me a while back to inquire if I was interested in a good deal buying his walnut.

Seems he gets news that he has to move with his job and does not want to move the wood.

He had just moved it a year or so prior.

Well I am a sucker for a deal on good wood so I cannot say no.

This walnut was cut about 20 years ago.
It was stickered and air dried.
Mostly 4/4 and 5/4

Air dried walnut is the best!

Here is where we started

walnut stash
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A couple friends helped me get all of this wood out of the loft and loaded on the truck and trailer.

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After this load, we still had to go back for more.

This is some of the finest walnut I have ever seen.
Absolutely incredible color you cannot get with dried and steamed walnut.
I figure somewhere just over 3000bf
I will probably sell some of it.

I have more than a lifetime supply…...................COOL!

Greg
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This project was made with from a piece of this walnut.
Only finish is clear shellac.
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18 comments so far

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Scott Bryan

20686 posts in 717 days


posted 648 days ago

Wow!!!!!!! You are right that is a lifetime supply. I can understand why he didn’t want to move it but it seems a shame to give up on all that gorgeous wood. But lucky you to have a friend like that.

Do you have a place to store it?

Congratulations. I can’t wait to see some projects from this. Walnut is such a wonderful wood to work with.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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roman

1121 posts in 789 days


posted 648 days ago

you won the lottery

nice score

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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HallTree

2041 posts in 663 days


posted 648 days ago

You had better start looking for some plans for things to build for all those special people when it comes their birthday.

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

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Mark

313 posts in 1029 days


posted 648 days ago

All I have to say is congratulations and I hope you work pretty much in walnut. If so you shouldn’t have to spend too much on more wood for a while.

Mark

-- Mark

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GaryK

9530 posts in 883 days


posted 648 days ago

Some people have all the luck!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Blake

2757 posts in 769 days


posted 648 days ago

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Happy woodworking!

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Scott

58 posts in 757 days


posted 648 days ago

Don’t forget to let us know if you want to sell some of this walnut

-- Scott, Kentucky ----- "Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry" Mark Twain

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rikkor

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posted 648 days ago

Man alive, my envy meter just pegged!

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Dautterguy

7 posts in 657 days


posted 647 days ago

Wow! being in So. Calif. I know a very nice DRY PLACE where all of that BROWN GOLD can be stored, not sure if you would get all of it back. Great Find

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Todd A. Clippinger

5645 posts in 995 days


posted 647 days ago

I can’t believe it! What a great treasure. I’m with Rikkor, my envy meter has pegged out!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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Daren Nelson

535 posts in 801 days


posted 647 days ago

Good for you, that looks like a nice pile indeed.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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mrtrim

1698 posts in 775 days


posted 647 days ago

i thought this was a shareing community , my address is….... lol great score man enjoy it !

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griff

927 posts in 657 days


posted 647 days ago

Congratulations, Have fun making dust

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

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Grumpy

14922 posts in 746 days


posted 647 days ago

What a treasure you have found.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Greg Salata

85 posts in 657 days


posted 647 days ago

Fortunately, we have buildings for storing equipment.
I had to get creative to fit all this inside.
That is why I plan on selling some of it.
My dad asked (jokingly) if we needed to build a new shed for wood storage??

Not a bad thought…....................

Greg

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Dorje

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posted 647 days ago

What a nice thing that you’ve done for your friend!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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MsDebbieP

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posted 647 days ago

happy dance!!! wow

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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sharad

714 posts in 700 days


posted 646 days ago

Congratulations on aquiring such a great treasure. We can now expect many varied projects made out of this lifetime stock. The photos of how the treasure was transported are awesome.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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