Wood Gloat of the day

Oooooowh! Do you need my address?

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Nice haul Karson! Hope your local guy stays in business so you can get more in the future.

wow …wished I was your neighbor ! lucky dog

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I hope that he stays in business. I asked him about his brother who had been the logger part of the business.

He stated that he just got out of the hospital. Something hit him and broke about every bone in his face and on top of that it drove his face into the chain saw. I hope it was stopped.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

wow that sounds like a real scary accident…wow…

the wood looks amazing…at that price you could ship some? you could cut them into postcards…and just put our address on it…

enjoy it karson…enjoy it…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Karson, if this lumber acquisition continues, you’re going to have to build a bigger shop!!

I work only with exotic woods like cheap pine. I get enough splinters from that. :) Beaurtiful wood you have there. I cannot do it any justice because I do not have the knowledge or tooling required to bring out the beauty of that wood. Thanks for telling and showing us buddy. God Bless.

-- Rich, Nevada,

and you can probably make it all from maple.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

Oh, you “executives” get all the breaks. We peon unskilled laborers get to work with construction pine… or meager scraps tossed our way… :) uh, if you toss any of that maple… toss it this direction!

Nice post… nice haul…

-- Al H.

Maybe that I should tell you that Monday I was dumpster diving at a modular home builder scrounging for pine scraps to make some toys for our Christmas give away. It was a poring down rain and I used scrap plastic to pull over the dumpster while my buddy stayed under one corner and then threw the scraps into the back of his pickup.

I think next time I’ll wait for a dry day.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice haul Karson.

You seem to have the habit of being in the right place at the right time.

Never happens to me, bummer.

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

Good buy, almost all of the hardwood mills here in the PNW have shut down and I am missing the supply of cheat or free wood.

-- Life is to short to own an ugly boat.

Karson -

Congratulations! That is quite a steal.

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

You are one lucky dog Karson. That haul should keep you busy for awhile. Good for you. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Whatca gonna build karson?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I never buy wood for a purpose. I may have tried that once but it never worked out that way.

I have to find a project that I’m going to make and then select the wood that that I’ve been stashing.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That’s probably the best way. I have lots of wood i got for a purpose but never seem to get it all done. Now, some of the purposes have gone away :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Karson, chance favours the prepared mind. You had the chance to stop at the local sawmill and you were prepared for the big haul. Let such things happen time and again.
Sharad

-- patanjali

That was a nice find, Karson. I just hope you have room for it in your shop. I know that at times when I have to store wood on the shop floor, miter bench, etc. it always seems to be in the way when I go to work in the shop and I end up moving it several times before I am finally able to make room for it in my lumber rack.

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

Nice haul there Karson…and yea…you need more wood…i think you are running low…

-- If you can't build it, code it. If you can't code it, build it. But always ALWAYS take a picture.

WOW I think I will have to go visit my sawmills for a look…you never know.

Thanks.

-- Hope Never fails

Hi Karson;

You really stepped into it this time didn’t you.

Congratulations on the purchase.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Oh my!
What a great acquisition!
Sadly, the mills in my neck of the woods have shut down. Most of them have gone into cutting trees down for other people.

Ahhhh well.

d

-- If a man says something in the forest and there's no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?

Hey guys, as a sawmill operator I have to chime in. The best place to find unique wood like this is in the mills low grade or pallet board pile. Most sawmills saw for grade lumber which means at least 50% clear the rest is put into piles for pallet stock. I personally pull all of the neat wood I can find, but most sawmills can’t be bothered and wood like Karson has would be rejected as low grade. I am currently selling green pallet boards for 250/m (.25 bf) The best thing to do is stop by a mill and ask if you could go through a pack of low grade, offer to handle it yourself, and see what unique treasures you can find. Most of the time there will be one species stacked in a pile, go through the Soft or Red Maple pile to find the Ambrosia or wormy Maple most low grade Tiger Maple will be in this pack also. Also most lumber distribution yards will reject Tiger Maple and Figured Cherry because their end users consider that to be a defect in matching wood for their cabinets and such. Most yard managers or owners would be glad to put 50 or 100 bucks in their pocket and you will be able to find wonderful treasures just like Karson. By the way Karson, Tiger Ambrosia like you have there is super tough to come by its always one or the other but both in the same log is rare. Sweet!

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

Running a little short on your wood supply? Glad to see you wont run out!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

See #669 You know you’re a Lumberjock when you can understand and share the joy of a Jock several thousand miles away, when he becomes the owner of some prize wood. And – you call in your wife to tell her the story. And she knows who you’re talking about and shares the pleasure too!

That’s got great potential Karson.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Karson, how can you always be so lucky? I’ll send you my address to or maybe we could meet halfway sometime. I’d love to have some of that wood. Why can’t I find steals like that?

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Some guys have all the luck!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I can imagine there’ll something spectacular made from this.

I’ll be anxiously watching or the results.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

big hutch or china cabinet … book-matched all other … maybe SHAKER style …hmmmm … Pennsylvania-dutch blanket dresser … really huge … yeah ! that’s it

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Good fortune has found you again , my friend ! I lucked into some Spalted Maple at the Woodworking Show that had been demo sliced by the Woodmizer Dealer….Nice stuff and the price was excellent : ) Still stacked in my garage with a fan circulating the air to help it dry sooner. Yes , I sealed the ends first : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

wow that is an amazing find. thats going to look beautiful once its all milled up

Nice find Karson! I also like the wood to tell me what it will be used for. It’s much more of an organic way of working, than to just say I am going to building this project using this.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL