jackpot..

That looks like a pretty good hall. Even see some quarter sawn white oak in the lot…...

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

One of the pieces looks curly too ! I am not a huge oak fan, but that is a nice pile of wood for sure.

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

Did you get that for free or did you pay some nominal price? Some pretty-nice pieces in there.

Great find! My only suggestion about staining oak is not to sand past 150 grit.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

WOW! nice haul.

I love oak, & I’ve had fairly good results with Watco Danish Oil finish.

It comes in quite a few different colors.

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That’s a great pile of wood! Keep an eye on humidity and sticker it carefully if you don’t use it right away and use grain filler (especially with the red oak) if you want a “walnut” feel to it. I’m a big fan of gel stains because of the even color. Cut off piles like that don’t turn up here in Santa Fe, where good wood is sold by the gram:)

-- Jeff, Santa Fe

Nice haul!!!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Wow… sweet… There’s a lumber yard a few miles from my house that I keep meaning to stop by and introduce myself. I am hoping that they’ll be OK with me digging around in the cutoff bin. Any words of wisdom for ingratiating yourself?

Oh, and nice alias there! I knew I couldn’t be the only Ryan interested in woodworking who also happens to have the nickname Ryno!

Good to meet you!

-- Ryno

Looks good, pitty your trailer was not bigger….

-- http://www.twinoaksgrowers.com

Great haul

Thanks for the post

Callum

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I wouldn’t take the fact that it’s all oak as a bad thing!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Wow, I would like to pick thru your cutoff bin.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

Great find !! I can relate to your comment about it being “all Oak”. I have some very select pieces of it , but just don’t have any desire to build anything with it as yet. I’d much rather use Cherry , Maple or Black Walnut for my projects. Regarding finishing Oak , the worst part about it is the PORES that tend to “burp” out excess finish and if you don’t constantly rewipe the project , it will leave millions of little pock marks all over the surface that you get to sand down or steel wool them . Best wishes and have a great day : )

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Nice haul. A good day for sure!

Lee

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Great find. I do the same thing. A local mill that does a lot of custom stuff out of oak, ash, cherry and maple throws anything under three feet or anything with a knot or discoloratioin in the scrap bin. I do a lot of diving in their scrap pile and have found some gems. Last purchase was oak 5/4, 4.5” wide and 35” long. And it was S4S. Bought 48 bd ft for $40. If I find rough cut pieces I can usually swing an even better bargain. This purchase is going to two end tables I have been promising the missus. I would also like to find some walnut at a decent price, but this place rarely gets it and I’m too cheap to pay retail.

thanks LJ’ers for all the tips. I have several to ponder on now. To greg, this was not a free load but I did get a great price on it. Ryno101, it is nice to meet another Ryan in the woodworking world. I’ve been called ryno since I was knee high to a grasshopper. So alot of times I don’t even think anything of it. But good luck to you and I’ll be checking in on your projects.

-- don't blink, life will pass you by. ryno from OK

Nice Haul! How do you guy’s manage to fall into these great finds? Only thing you will fall into here in Florida is warped Pine construction lumber :(

-- Chris