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I hear what your saying, but unfortunately that back half of the building where the lumber is isn't climate controlled. Still I guess it will dry faster than stickered outdoors...

It's been about a week since I posted this topic with this picture:239700Ambrosia Maple Logs. Log tally was 981 log feet. I knew I would gain some, but when I went to pick up the lumber it sawed...

239282239283My neighbor teased me about 6 weeks ago...he caught me loading my truck for arts/crafts festival and asked me if I would be interested in a Ambrosia Maple tree he had just logged. The...

I make and sell a lot of items that has the "Ambrosia" markings in the wood. Basically it's an Ambrosia Beetle & fungus thats doing the artwork. The tree can be almost any tree as long as it is...

Appreciate the responses. Looking through my Antique Trader Tools Price Guide book theres a Stanley #4 Prototype plane that has the entire body spray painted the same color. What got me thinking...

232580232581232582Picked this fellow up at a yard/garage sale yesterday. At first I wasn't going to buy it but decided what the heck, I'm starting to collect planes and it was somewhat unusual with...

Brian, Mac McQuinn mentioned Shantyboat by Harlan Hubbard. I've read the book several times (the same author has a few more books). I highly recommend it, especially with what you want to do. ...

On my property I have several walnut trees. Over the years I have let several grow that have just come up from the walnuts I missed in the fall of the previous year. Usually the lawmower tires plants...

A few years ago, I believe Fine Woodworking Magazine, done an article on sweet gum. It's was well worth reading. As I remember the article went into the history of how America used to use a lot of...

Peter,

I make them to sell. I started making them about 3 years ago to supplement my cherry furniture business. So far most of the cutting board sales have mostly been wholesale (which wasn't...

I recently had the good fortune of buying 500 plus board feet of the Ambrosia Maple you see in the pictures. The photo that shows the end of the log cutoff was brought to my shop this winter by my...

Stephen,

They actually still have the mountain of cut-offs for giveaway. The day I was there they had dumped a huge pile of white oak (kiln-dried) and there was some folks going through it. I'm...

I picked up a little over 400 bf, of cherry lumber, #1 common, 4/4, dried (steamed) for .75 a bf. I had been waiting for it to come down because of the economy and boy did it. A few years ago I...

Joe after reading your second post I'm relieved to "read between your lines" that your still keeping the little flame of woodworking alive. Not to try to steal your thread but I would like to add a...

Red Oak. IMO the growth rings in the photo looks more like something you would see in the oak family rather than in cherry. While the bark does resemble cherry, there are also a lot of oak species...

Bob,

The question could rightly be asked not only of what sells but also what do I like to make and that sells well. That's the other important aspect of selling crafts is do you like making the...

Jim,

I've been a furniture maker for several years (on and off full time) and have recently switched to making cutting boards to sell. I've experimented with various techniques such as walnut oil...

You might want to put this shop on your list of places to visit haleydaniels.com. The name of his store is Heirlooms located in the "old town" part of Berea. I have visited his shop over the last few...

Ditto to what the rest said. I harvested one about that size last year off of my FIL (3-8' Logs of that diameter), had it QS...wound up selling 2/3 of the boards to fellow creekers, and am keeping...

Larry,

Here in South Central Kentucky it is commonplace for sawmill operators/owners to charge by the BF. I owned a portable bandsaw mill, and have hired at least 3 different owners on different...

Sorry to break the bad news to you Charlie but your still gonna have to look your plywood over very closely even with Lowes. Last year I bought some OSB to finish out a room inside my shop. One...

I appreciate all responses, whether I agree or disagree with them. I'll probably build her another one, this time the way she wanted it, but it won't be anytime soon. The one in the picture will...

I named this vanity after my daughter (Emily) for whom it was made. The base is Red Oak harvested from her Grandparents place several years ago and is stained Red Mahogany. The drawer fronts and...

When I was wworking full time I always reached for my belt sander to do the edge sanding (mostly end grain) on table tops and since I already owned a drum sander and a stroke sander it was limited to...

Byron,

I work at a business that sells lots of windows from several differant manufactures. We do get calls for repair on windows from time to time. Unfortunately, we've spoiled our contractors...