What free wood did you find today?

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
 
Was doing some man tracking training on one of our management areas on Monday. On the way there, found a pile of elm chunks someone had dumped on the side of the road. I was off today so I went and grabbed a few. Now to get them cut up and sealed. Never seen the color streaks in elm like this.

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Whoa! It must be diseased and contagious. Immediately box them up and send them to Nashville for proper processing!
 
Elm is a beautiful wood, but never seen it like that. I wonder if that is how it spalts?
Nice grab Eric! :cool:
 
No idea. May go back and get more next week. Going to another place tomorrow a guy said we could dig through some piles of his stuff. Take whatever we want
 
Pictures don't show much, but I'm pretty tired. Another half day of milling then paint the ends and stack it .... somewhere... I haven't gotten that far ahead yet.... I started milling it at 5/4 then went to 6/4 about half way through.

Pecan and Elm.

Alan

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Alan R McDaniel Jr said:
Pictures don't show much, but I'm pretty tired. Another half day of milling then paint the ends and stack it .... somewhere... I haven't gotten that far ahead yet.... I started milling it at 5/4 then went to 6/4 about half way through.

Pecan and Elm.

Alan

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That is very very nice! I'm fairly new to woodworking and know absolutely nothing about milling. I live near Houston but visit Victoria very often. If you ever need a helping hand when your milling please let me know. I'd be glad to be free labor just to see the process.
 
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The floor panels have several dollars worth of bolts and screws in each
 
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