A project in waiting

good looking haul. Did it cost you anything?

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

Lots of wood there! Get one of those metal detector thingies. I’m sure thay are cheaper than a good saw blade. By the way, was the material free? If so…...great deal!!

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Yes, the material was free although I’ve spent about 6 hours picking, loading and unloading so far.
And, three other guys each got an 8-10’ flatbed trailer load too. There’s more to be had but I think it’s too likely to have bugs as it was the house’s siding so I’m gonna pass on it.
The white looking stuff was a T&G 3/4” thick porch ceiling and we need a ceiling for the porch on our home which has locally harvested 5-1/4” wide T&G pine floors—roughly 50/50 heart pine/longleaf pine.
The 2X6’s and 2X4’s are gonna make lots and lots of projects. There will be lots of resawing in the future.
And a metal detector is planned for the near future; before this stuff sees the table saw or band saw.

-- Gary, Florida

What a haul!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

Great find, all I get to do is drool and dream of finding a cache like that.

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

Thanks for the story hit. That is a great frind. I understand about pulling the nails. I’ve pulled alot so far. I am saving them in a 5gal bucket. Good luck witht he projects you will be making with all this great reclaimed wood! It is a nice way to get some good quality wood at the cost of labor and gas.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

very tasty looking material. time to invest in a good metal detector and a cats paw. we clean and dimension a lot of used wood for other wood shops to use in their projects around here – reclaimed is very popular. have fun!

-- rob

:ooks great Gary. B safe have fun.

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

I’m glad you were able to save the wood for a second life. My make those trees proud.

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

Great haul!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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those pre-1900 boards have such better figure and grain in them than anything fresh off the rack at the big box. I can’t believe how tight the grain is on some of the pine trim in my house and how few and widely spaced the rings are at the BORG – trees must be growing like bamboo on a farm somewheres!

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Here’s a photo of one of the pieces kiss planed with no finish on it; just the old raw wood. ;-)

-- Gary, Florida

thats alot of pen blanks. nice haul G.

Hi Gary,

Nice haul, for sure. Be careful, though—potential of lead paint is real.

best,

Chuck

-- Chuck, Pullman, WA

Chuck,
That’s a good warning. I think most of the paint is just whitewash. Still, I’ll take a piece to someone
who can discern if it’s a lead-based paint.
Rat, there may be a few pen blanks in this load but most of it is destined for furniture or reuse as
a T&G ceiling.

Gary

-- Gary, Florida

Hi Gary,

Well, ‘shiny’ means lead in general. But a quick test can’t hurt.

Good luck with it!

Chuck

-- Chuck, Pullman, WA