What free wood did you find today?

In my opinion, it certainly is. It is a beautiful yellow when turning, but after a year or so it will turn brown. It's still good looking even when brown. ....... Jerry (in Tucson)
 
Alan R McDaniel Jr said:
I jumped into my free wood pile today. I milled one pecan log yesterday. Got five or six 5/4 and 6/4 slabs for some table top projects when it dries. I drug it out and cut it to straight lengths and will start milling tomorrow. Ultimate goal is to make a small solar kiln that I can stack maybe 200 BF in. Gotta do a bit more reading on that though. I think we have ample summertime heat to suffice and some small fans and a cheap dehumidifier. At least that's the plan now.

I had hackberry, elm, Pecan, live oak and white oak stacked up harboring mosquitos. I gotta get this done and get it drying and start making things. It's easy to get too much lumber in a hurry.

Alan
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You definitely should have plenty of sunshine. I think the forestry department has free plans available for solar kilns. Dont have it at my fingertips right now.
 
I'll look for it online, thanks. I've got a stack about 8 ft wide and and 10-12' long about 3' high (stickered) going. I had it covered with tarps through the month of rain we had. I uncovered it and while it was damp it dried right out after a day. I stacked the new stiff on top of the older stuff, so I'll have to restack at some point, but not this week. I had the time and #2 son was down to help so I got it done. For the time being until I can gather the materials for the kiln I'll put corrugated tin over it to shed water while it air dries.

Alan
 
So this is a continuation of the 2 pallets I found.
I got all the boards off the plywood and pounded the nails through for removal.
The guy got carried away with the nail gun on one of them, lol.
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Seriously?
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Bucket of nails. Spirals but small gage so they came apart.easy.
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For the burn pit.
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20 minutes of work yielded two usable sheets of plywood. One is 7 ply and one is 5 ply. Both are 5/8" thick. One has some forklift damage but ill cut that off. These will be used on my new morticer tool cart/stand.
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Picked up some stuff yesterday at the dump I go to, looks like a big cabinet shop dumped off their trimmings, I got a bunch of 1x2, 1x3, up to a few 1x6, 4/4, mostly maple, but some cherry and alder mixed in, will probably make some cutting boards with it someday. Also got these D-fir beam cutoffs, about 4' long, 6x6 and 6x8, they are old growth with very few checks, I made a 5" sphere out of a piece this morning before it got too hot......
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2feathers Creative Making said:
The plans on the WW link were developed by virginia tech. That is the plan I was thinking of.
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Anything developed by the good folks at VA Tech has to be good! OK, I may be a little biased!

Thanks for sharing the link @2feathers Creative Making !

Got a load of walnut this weeked. Working on cutting it up and will post pics later tonight.
 
barry richardson said:
Picked up some stuff yesterday at the dump I go to, looks like a big cabinet shop dumped off their trimmings, I got a bunch of 1x2, 1x3, up to a few 1x6, 4/4, mostly maple, but some cherry and alder mixed in, will probably make some cutting boards with it someday. Also got these D-fir beam cutoffs, about 4' long, 6x6 and 6x8, they are old growth with very few checks, I made a 5" sphere out of a piece this morning before it got too hot......
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One man’s trash……
 
barry richardson said:
Picked up some stuff yesterday at the dump I go to, looks like a big cabinet shop dumped off their trimmings, I got a bunch of 1x2, 1x3, up to a few 1x6, 4/4, mostly maple, but some cherry and alder mixed in, will probably make some cutting boards with it someday. Also got these D-fir beam cutoffs, about 4' long, 6x6 and 6x8, they are old growth with very few checks, I made a 5" sphere out of a piece this morning before it got too hot......
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'mater stakes!!!
 
barry richardson said:
Picked up some stuff yesterday at the dump I go to, looks like a big cabinet shop dumped off their trimmings, I got a bunch of 1x2, 1x3, up to a few 1x6, 4/4, mostly maple, but some cherry and alder mixed in, will probably make some cutting boards with it someday. Also got these D-fir beam cutoffs, about 4' long, 6x6 and 6x8, they are old growth with very few checks, I made a 5" sphere out of a piece this morning before it got too hot......
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ohh the money!
 
barry richardson said:
Picked up some stuff yesterday at the dump I go to, looks like a big cabinet shop dumped off their trimmings, I got a bunch of 1x2, 1x3, up to a few 1x6, 4/4, mostly maple, but some cherry and alder mixed in, will probably make some cutting boards with it someday. Also got these D-fir beam cutoffs, about 4' long, 6x6 and 6x8, they are old growth with very few checks, I made a 5" sphere out of a piece this morning before it got too hot......
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You reckon you know which shop? They probably would dump at your house once to save the cost of dump fee... :cool:
 
Got this load split up this evening and Anchor Sealed. Have two more logs out back that are staying there for the night. I'm making a salad bowl and another piece for the family that let me have it. Not super wide, but free!

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Steve, when you seal the ends go up the sides an inch or two as well.
 
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