Burt Alcantara
07-18-2007, 11:48 AM
I don't know if you guys outside of Boise are aware that the Capitol Building is undergoing major renovation and rebuilding.
As a result, they have taken down some outstanding trees and making them available to Idaho Woodturners.
If you would like to get some of this wood contact Diane Blume located at this url.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/boise/archive.asp?postID=5390
Hurry, you must get a Request for Proposal and submit by August 1st. The RFP looks like a typical gummint contract but one of our club members is on the selection panel and said to just tell them what you want to build and how much wood you'll need.
You'll have to come to Boise, site to be determined, to pick up the wood. You will have to deliver your finished work(s) to the Capitol. You will also be given wood for your own work.
Wood includes
Ohio Buckeye (planted 1911 by President Taft), Water Oak (planted by President Benjamin Harrison 1891), Schwedler Maple, Northern Red Oak, Red Oak, Rock Sugar Maple (Planted 1903 by Teddy Roosevelt), American Elm (over 100 years old), Oak, and Sycamore.
It kills me to think about the slaughter of these magnificent trees...but that's not for me to judge.
Burt
As a result, they have taken down some outstanding trees and making them available to Idaho Woodturners.
If you would like to get some of this wood contact Diane Blume located at this url.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/boise/archive.asp?postID=5390
Hurry, you must get a Request for Proposal and submit by August 1st. The RFP looks like a typical gummint contract but one of our club members is on the selection panel and said to just tell them what you want to build and how much wood you'll need.
You'll have to come to Boise, site to be determined, to pick up the wood. You will have to deliver your finished work(s) to the Capitol. You will also be given wood for your own work.
Wood includes
Ohio Buckeye (planted 1911 by President Taft), Water Oak (planted by President Benjamin Harrison 1891), Schwedler Maple, Northern Red Oak, Red Oak, Rock Sugar Maple (Planted 1903 by Teddy Roosevelt), American Elm (over 100 years old), Oak, and Sycamore.
It kills me to think about the slaughter of these magnificent trees...but that's not for me to judge.
Burt