Aaron Rosenthal
03-06-2022, 4:22 PM
Let me start with the fact that I am diagnosed with COPD; For those of you unfamiliar, it means that over my working career I breathed in traffic exhaust, drywall dust, wood dust, and many other pollutants, which gives me ~ 50% of my age's ability to process oxygen.
My issue: I took down my 75 year old Cedar fence and replaced it. I now have all these rough-sawn 5/4 cedar slats. Many of them are admittedly beyond saving with rot, but some are salvageable.
Any other contractor would have had these things in the dump/recycling depot already, but I'm looking at the tight grain on the ends and wondering if even just with hand tools, some of this wood can be used.
On one hand the hoarder says use it; on the other hand, the pragmatist says it's soft, a lot of cutting and fussing, and I actually have a new piece in the shop which can be sawn and surfaced to make a memory box for my granddaughter.
Could I get some opinions? Recycle or reuse.
My issue: I took down my 75 year old Cedar fence and replaced it. I now have all these rough-sawn 5/4 cedar slats. Many of them are admittedly beyond saving with rot, but some are salvageable.
Any other contractor would have had these things in the dump/recycling depot already, but I'm looking at the tight grain on the ends and wondering if even just with hand tools, some of this wood can be used.
On one hand the hoarder says use it; on the other hand, the pragmatist says it's soft, a lot of cutting and fussing, and I actually have a new piece in the shop which can be sawn and surfaced to make a memory box for my granddaughter.
Could I get some opinions? Recycle or reuse.