New to Lumber Jocks but not to Woodworking. ( ;{ )
Hi, My name is Gary and I'm a Wood Hoarder. I just can't past up a deal on wood. About 2 weeks ago I bought some very nice cherry from a friend who has been holding it about 15 years for me. While the stack is much diminished since the first time I saw this wood, it is still lovely to behold. He only had about 11 boards of full length left and several cutoff pieces and some pieces split from a log. The only reason he is parting with this stack of treasure now is because he is cleaning out the garage to park his new car in. I have been trying to relieve my friend of this burden for about 8 years. I traded him some very old 6/4 heart pine to make a fireplace mantle with and $200.00. Did I mention that the 5/4 cherry boards are 10-11 ft in length and are about 18 ins. wide and have been air drying for about 20 years.
Now to my problem. I already have a very nice collection of domestic woods. Soft Maple, Red Oak, Black Cherry, Old heart Pine,and Popular to name a few. But when I want to start a project I pull out this wood and I can't bring myself to cut it. Now don't get me wrong, I have some plain old run of the mill oak, pine and others which I have no problem butchering. But when I pull out a board of soft maple with curly ribbons running the full 14 in width on a 12 ft board I have trouble cutting into it. I say to myself it's too pretty to cut. What if I mess up and waste some of it or maybe this project doesn't deserve a board this nice. And back into the wood shed it goes until next time when I do it all over again. O'well, I guess when I die my daughter will have some nice wood for sale.
I'm 53 years old and have been woodworking for about 8 years. I have all the usual power tools ( table saw, jointer, planer etc.) plus a few others ( DeWalt Radial Arm Saw for one). I also have a small collection of hand tools which I enjoy using. I have not been actively doing much WW'ing in about 3 years because of other interests but am back to sliding down the slippery slope. A few months back I cleaned off the table saw, pulled out my hand planes and chisels, sharpened the blades and cleaned out my work room at home. My work room is a spare room in my house where I do hand work at night after my real job. I have several projects in mind I am wanting to make and I look forward to sharing them if anyone is interested.
I have been hearing about Lumber Jocks for some time but am just now really checking out the site. I like what I have seen so far and decided to join your Merry Band of WW'ers. I was wanting to take some pictures of a few things I have made in the past and show some projects. But when I started looking, all I could find was a couple of small boxes and 2 cherry speaker stands I had made. I have made tables, cabinets, shelves and about a dozen carved butterflys which take about 20 hrs each to carve. I was doing scroll saw work for about a year. I looked around and realized I had given it all away. I don't even have one of the butterflys to call my own. I guess it's time to start making something.
Thanks for reading. Have a good day.
Gary S. ( ;{ )
Hi, My name is Gary and I'm a Wood Hoarder. I just can't past up a deal on wood. About 2 weeks ago I bought some very nice cherry from a friend who has been holding it about 15 years for me. While the stack is much diminished since the first time I saw this wood, it is still lovely to behold. He only had about 11 boards of full length left and several cutoff pieces and some pieces split from a log. The only reason he is parting with this stack of treasure now is because he is cleaning out the garage to park his new car in. I have been trying to relieve my friend of this burden for about 8 years. I traded him some very old 6/4 heart pine to make a fireplace mantle with and $200.00. Did I mention that the 5/4 cherry boards are 10-11 ft in length and are about 18 ins. wide and have been air drying for about 20 years.
Now to my problem. I already have a very nice collection of domestic woods. Soft Maple, Red Oak, Black Cherry, Old heart Pine,and Popular to name a few. But when I want to start a project I pull out this wood and I can't bring myself to cut it. Now don't get me wrong, I have some plain old run of the mill oak, pine and others which I have no problem butchering. But when I pull out a board of soft maple with curly ribbons running the full 14 in width on a 12 ft board I have trouble cutting into it. I say to myself it's too pretty to cut. What if I mess up and waste some of it or maybe this project doesn't deserve a board this nice. And back into the wood shed it goes until next time when I do it all over again. O'well, I guess when I die my daughter will have some nice wood for sale.
I'm 53 years old and have been woodworking for about 8 years. I have all the usual power tools ( table saw, jointer, planer etc.) plus a few others ( DeWalt Radial Arm Saw for one). I also have a small collection of hand tools which I enjoy using. I have not been actively doing much WW'ing in about 3 years because of other interests but am back to sliding down the slippery slope. A few months back I cleaned off the table saw, pulled out my hand planes and chisels, sharpened the blades and cleaned out my work room at home. My work room is a spare room in my house where I do hand work at night after my real job. I have several projects in mind I am wanting to make and I look forward to sharing them if anyone is interested.
I have been hearing about Lumber Jocks for some time but am just now really checking out the site. I like what I have seen so far and decided to join your Merry Band of WW'ers. I was wanting to take some pictures of a few things I have made in the past and show some projects. But when I started looking, all I could find was a couple of small boxes and 2 cherry speaker stands I had made. I have made tables, cabinets, shelves and about a dozen carved butterflys which take about 20 hrs each to carve. I was doing scroll saw work for about a year. I looked around and realized I had given it all away. I don't even have one of the butterflys to call my own. I guess it's time to start making something.
Thanks for reading. Have a good day.
Gary S. ( ;{ )