October 25, 20214 yr The issue is, this is the first of probably 4 loads and I have no way of storing it all. I have a neighbor that wants all the white oak so trying to pick it out and come up with a price.
October 25, 20214 yr Author Your 18 bf of Wenge is just about worth the $400 that you paid for everything. At the going rate of $19 per bf it's worth $342. 4/4 White Oak is going for about $11.99 per bf. You can make him a good deal and still make good money on it.
October 25, 20214 yr Based upon my calculations, just the 5 largest white oak sticks are 84 BF. Then probably at least another 50 in smaller sticks. That is assuming of course that the smaller ones are actually white oak. The big rift sawn 8/4 boards are marked. Edited October 25, 20214 yr by VPI
October 26, 20214 yr I wish you were closer, Jeff. I’d certainly take some chunks off your hand. Honestly, get it sorted, list some lots on FB Marketplace or Craigslist at 50% of retail and you can probably make a killing without much effort. Or start with the neighbor and then call in the (almost literal) cavalry in Naaman and see if our resident trophy maker wants a bunch. For some of the boards, if you’re willing, it might be worth it to me to have you cut it to length to fit in a USPS priority box and send it my way for some small projects I’ve got in the works with my mini ping pong table. The medium sized box (14x12x3) might hold a shocking # of BF and would leave good room for length and width. Maybe some food for though there, if you’re up for it.
October 26, 20214 yr Perhaps a cross country caravan is in order. Due to the coming winter weather I would guess a southern route would make sense which should take the travelers through a lot of BBQ territory.
October 26, 20214 yr I somehow missed this thread, I'll start posting over here for my ping ponging/wood chipping. Made a dovetail. Not perfect, but it was my first try.
October 29, 20214 yr Trying to pick some sticks for painted cabinet doors. Anyone have a guess on what type of stick this is? Red Oak?? Edited October 29, 20214 yr by VPI
October 29, 20214 yr Looks like oak. I would save it for something nicer than painted doors. Place it will take some work filling the grain. Get some paint grade maple or poplar?
October 29, 20214 yr Yeah, just trying to use up some of the 80billion sticks I bought from the Cabinet Shop auction.
October 29, 20214 yr Episode 2 now up in 1080p on youtube or via GDrive Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker S01E02 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yqb8aqsaqS4wgn_zTf1aKZqOEy3S5aK7/view
October 30, 20214 yr Decided to widen the dog crate top with some of the aromatic cedar from the stash. Mock up before planing, gluing and dominoing the sticks together.
October 30, 20214 yr Author Normally I wouldn't glue up hardwoods and softwood together. Sanding it difficult for one thing.
October 30, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, swt61 said: Normally I wouldn't glue up hardwoods and softwood together. Sanding it difficult for one thing. True, but it's a dog crate.
October 31, 20214 yr Author 8 hours ago, n_maher said: True, but it's a dog crate. Very true. Point taken.
October 31, 20214 yr The East coast ping pong table is up and running again. Retirement plaque for the Public Works Officer.
October 31, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, n_maher said: The East coast ping pong table is up and running again. Retirement plaque for the Public Works Officer. You're reference map of Australia is a bit off. Other than that it looks fantastic! 😛
October 31, 20214 yr Finally at the point I can use the Roubo bench I’m making as a bench. Need to tweak the fit of the top a little and finishing building the vice leg and deadman.
October 31, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, naamanf said: Finally You say that like it took a long time. That's remarkably fast. And it looks great.
October 31, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, dsavitsk said: You say that like it took a long time. That's remarkably fast. And it looks great. I’ve been plugging away at it for a couple weeks, it’s deceptively a whole lot of more work than it looks. So far I’ve collected seven 55 gallon bags of wood chips making it. So far I’m happy with how it’s turning out even though I’ve made a couple mistakes here and there.
October 31, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, dsavitsk said: Did you not do the through dovetails into the top? No, I’m lazy, just mortise and tenon. I have modern lag bolts. Edited October 31, 20214 yr by naamanf
October 31, 20214 yr Doug/Naaman, of what language are you speaking? Sounds Dothraki to me. Edited October 31, 20214 yr by Augsburger
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