Well, if you remember the post from Chris Bruno the other day about whether he should build his workbench from some reclaimed oak he scored. He posted that it had come from an old paper mill which a machine shop was renovating and was tearing the stuff down.
Today I took a 45 minute detour on my way home and met Chris. After loading him up with 8 more boards of his own, we commenced to loading me with 20 of them.
They range from 2 to 4 inches thick, 7.75 to 10 inches wide, and from 10 feet to 15 feet long. Altogether I wound up with about 465 board feet of some old oak. The "big" board is 4 inches thick by 9.75 inches wide and just a tad over 15 feet wide. Chris saw it and was like...."ooohhh, you want this one!!!" So I had to take it!
The photos are of me and Chris on "the find", another shot of the lumber pile (and there's more to the right of the photo), and a shot of my haul.
Thanks for Chris for the tip (and the help loading). It was great meeting him and talking while we loaded the wood.
Be well,
Doc
OH, the haul cost $200 so that comes out to about 43 cents a board foot! There's lots more left but I don't have room for what I brought home so don't think I'll be getting any more.