Wood Deal... Should I have Any Concerns?

[bob blakeborough]

Went and looked at it and there is a lot of really nice, solid hardwood. Mostly walnut, and cherry with a bit of maple and oak. It is grooved and tongued in a variety of widths and lengths. I talked it over and settled on a $200.00 "value" against the purchase. He also added in a bunch of really nice bundles of exotic woods like Olive, Jatoba, Tigerwood and a bit of Purpleheart...

I figure I will cherry pick the stuff I want to play with, the stuff I want to use to finish my stairs, and the stuff to laminate a bench top and the rest I will deal with... Probably not the best deal I have made but it will be good practice for me!

[Neil Brooks]

I think you got a lot of great advice.

On looking at the wood on MY living room floor, the T&G leaves noticeable "seams --" seams that -- if I were using it, in glue-ups, on its flat face -- I'd want to joint out to eliminate.

It sounds like ... in either case ... you should prepare yourself for a fair amount of milling, and a rather low % yield.

But ... good wood is good wood

[Dan Hintz]

Bob,

Whatever you don't think you'll use, consider putting it up here for sale. Once every few weeks someone will post deals for flat-rate shipments of various wood pieces they have on hand. Not sure it would be cheap sending to the States, but maybe someone in CA will get a good deal, and it may just pay for the entire lot if you sell enough.

[Van Messner]

The price is low but you will need to put in a lot of labor to end up with a lot of small thin pieces. Will you really need 1000 square feet of this stuff to make boxes?