Frank Pellow
02-19-2006, 10:30 PM
Doing someone a favour often turns out to be a win-win situation.
About a month ago Norm, my neighbour down the street, mentioned to me that he had some junk he wanted to get rid of and was planning to rent a dumpster. I offered him my trailer and, furthermore (since he has a bad knee), I said that I would help him move the junk into the trailer and then to the garbage transfer depot.
We arranged a date, then last week Norm said that the stuff had to be taken to a special transfer station. I asked him why and he said that wood could not be dropped at the depot nearby.
My eyes lit up, as I asked: “What kind of wood?”
Norm’s reply was: “Oh just various 2x4s and scrap that I realize now that I will never use.”
My reply: “I can probably cut most of that up and use it in the wood stove in my shop.”
Norm’s reply: “Great! Oh yes, now that I am thinking about it, there may be some maple that you can use the make things. It’s behind a big pile so we will have to wait to look at it.”
So, a little over a week ago, a spent about 6 hours moving wood out of Norm’s basement and garage and down the street to my place.
The first good news is that a now have enough firewood to get me through next winter (that is, the winter of 2006-2007).
The next good news is that there, indeed, was some maple. The boards had holes drilled in the middle about every 18”, but after cutting out the middle then running the pieces through my jointer and planer, I was left with 110 linear feet of 2⅛ inch by 1⅛ inch very nice looking maple.
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I also have 55 linear feet of 2⅛ inch by ¾ inch sections from the centre with notches in them. I am sure that a use will be found for this as well.
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And, finally, I also obtained the two 8’ x 7¾” x 1¾ (dressed) hardwood boards shown below. I don’t know what type of wood they are. I do know that they are not maple.
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If anyone wants to hazard a guess at what type of wood this is, please do so. There is a closer-uo photo of this mystery wood in post #9 in this thread.
I told Norm that hardwood was valuable and offered him some money, but he wouldn’t accept it. He even tells me that he has some more wood somewhere in his basement and will be calling upon me to remove it in about a month.
About a month ago Norm, my neighbour down the street, mentioned to me that he had some junk he wanted to get rid of and was planning to rent a dumpster. I offered him my trailer and, furthermore (since he has a bad knee), I said that I would help him move the junk into the trailer and then to the garbage transfer depot.
We arranged a date, then last week Norm said that the stuff had to be taken to a special transfer station. I asked him why and he said that wood could not be dropped at the depot nearby.
My eyes lit up, as I asked: “What kind of wood?”
Norm’s reply was: “Oh just various 2x4s and scrap that I realize now that I will never use.”
My reply: “I can probably cut most of that up and use it in the wood stove in my shop.”
Norm’s reply: “Great! Oh yes, now that I am thinking about it, there may be some maple that you can use the make things. It’s behind a big pile so we will have to wait to look at it.”
So, a little over a week ago, a spent about 6 hours moving wood out of Norm’s basement and garage and down the street to my place.
The first good news is that a now have enough firewood to get me through next winter (that is, the winter of 2006-2007).
The next good news is that there, indeed, was some maple. The boards had holes drilled in the middle about every 18”, but after cutting out the middle then running the pieces through my jointer and planer, I was left with 110 linear feet of 2⅛ inch by 1⅛ inch very nice looking maple.
32322
I also have 55 linear feet of 2⅛ inch by ¾ inch sections from the centre with notches in them. I am sure that a use will be found for this as well.
32323
And, finally, I also obtained the two 8’ x 7¾” x 1¾ (dressed) hardwood boards shown below. I don’t know what type of wood they are. I do know that they are not maple.
32324
If anyone wants to hazard a guess at what type of wood this is, please do so. There is a closer-uo photo of this mystery wood in post #9 in this thread.
I told Norm that hardwood was valuable and offered him some money, but he wouldn’t accept it. He even tells me that he has some more wood somewhere in his basement and will be calling upon me to remove it in about a month.