Dale Thompson
05-02-2005, 10:38 PM
Hey Folks,
At least the "gloat" wood was free! :)
I went over to my local millwork guy today to get a couple of "sticks" to finish out a rather large assembly of "scrap" that I have been working on for a while. He rips me off to the tune of about $1.20 for a board foot of S4S Red Oak. His customers are medium-sized cabinet shops within a 100 mile radius of Peshtigo. Every once in a while, the inspectors from those shops "reject" some Cherry or Walnut because they are, "more than 40% cull". Somehow he tolerates me because I drop off a pen or two for his crew. They LOVE the ones with rifle clips and/or fish or fishing pole clips. Anyway, if I buy more than $20 worth of Oak, he will usually throw in one of those "culled" boards of Cherry or Walnut. :)
Whatever, today he was REALLY generous on my sticks! He also pointed out two planks which were 4/4 Oak and the shops didn't want them. He said that he would throw them in for free with my $24 order. They are about 9" wide by 9' long.
After they were loaded on my wheelchair, I went tooling out of his "yard" while telling him that the two "free" ones where "spalted" Oak and that I was going to sell them on ebay for $1 Million each!! ;) :D :cool: You would not believe the obscene gesture that he gave me on my way out. :(
What IS this stuff and EXACTLY WHAT is spalting? Is it a bug, a bacteria or something like ecoli virus? Whatever, I think that it would make a fantastic mantle clock! :cool:
Dale T.
At least the "gloat" wood was free! :)
I went over to my local millwork guy today to get a couple of "sticks" to finish out a rather large assembly of "scrap" that I have been working on for a while. He rips me off to the tune of about $1.20 for a board foot of S4S Red Oak. His customers are medium-sized cabinet shops within a 100 mile radius of Peshtigo. Every once in a while, the inspectors from those shops "reject" some Cherry or Walnut because they are, "more than 40% cull". Somehow he tolerates me because I drop off a pen or two for his crew. They LOVE the ones with rifle clips and/or fish or fishing pole clips. Anyway, if I buy more than $20 worth of Oak, he will usually throw in one of those "culled" boards of Cherry or Walnut. :)
Whatever, today he was REALLY generous on my sticks! He also pointed out two planks which were 4/4 Oak and the shops didn't want them. He said that he would throw them in for free with my $24 order. They are about 9" wide by 9' long.
After they were loaded on my wheelchair, I went tooling out of his "yard" while telling him that the two "free" ones where "spalted" Oak and that I was going to sell them on ebay for $1 Million each!! ;) :D :cool: You would not believe the obscene gesture that he gave me on my way out. :(
What IS this stuff and EXACTLY WHAT is spalting? Is it a bug, a bacteria or something like ecoli virus? Whatever, I think that it would make a fantastic mantle clock! :cool:
Dale T.