Greg Koch
06-10-2006, 8:55 PM
While at my favorite cedar yard, picking up some more mill scrap, one of the guys said they have some nice pallets of hardwood that came in with their Ipei shipment. We walked around the yard, found them and I told him I would be back with my utility trailer to pick them up. I got back, broke the pallets down and brought them home...took 2 loads as they boards are heavy, and my little utility trailer wheels were showing some strain on the first load.
Inventory is 18 ea, 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 10'...12 ea 8' long and 13 ea 14' long.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/th_MIpe2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/MIpe2.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/th_LIpei1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/LIpei1.jpg)
It's very hard, and when cut has a yellowish tint to it, due to the oils according to one of the guys in the yard.
I'm wondering if I should cut it with my new Tenryu blade or another less expensive one. Will the wood damage the blade? I figured I'd make some outdoor furniture with it. I also thought I would use my 4x24" Bosch belt sander to smooth it rather than running it through by new Makita 12" planer. What are your thoughts? Am I being too carefull?
I am being very careful to get the nails out and searching for any other metal...the boards only used 1 or 2 nails to connect the cross slats, and they were easy to get out.
Any other tips/ideas? How would you use the boards?
Thanks
Inventory is 18 ea, 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 10'...12 ea 8' long and 13 ea 14' long.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/th_MIpe2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/MIpe2.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/th_LIpei1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/Woodworking/LIpei1.jpg)
It's very hard, and when cut has a yellowish tint to it, due to the oils according to one of the guys in the yard.
I'm wondering if I should cut it with my new Tenryu blade or another less expensive one. Will the wood damage the blade? I figured I'd make some outdoor furniture with it. I also thought I would use my 4x24" Bosch belt sander to smooth it rather than running it through by new Makita 12" planer. What are your thoughts? Am I being too carefull?
I am being very careful to get the nails out and searching for any other metal...the boards only used 1 or 2 nails to connect the cross slats, and they were easy to get out.
Any other tips/ideas? How would you use the boards?
Thanks