Ned Bulken
04-28-2004, 11:49 AM
I work 3- midnight (well 12:30 technically), so shop time is either before work, or if I'm not dead tired by the end of my shift, late night. Last night was a 'good' night so I headed over to the shop for some sawdust making.
Nothing special going on, just planed down some pallet wood, our planer has nicks in it anyway thanks to a brain cramp the other day, figured that now would be a good time to get some free wood, before I put on the new blades. I hauled a couple of pallets home from work (I'm in the trucking industry, in the office) and cut them up, leaving the nails. Got a bunch of short boards, but for little projects they'll work fine.
I found some beautiful cherry and maple which I'll put in something fun in the near future. Normally I buy rough lumber, but thought I'd recycle some wood for a change. I still have one to tear apart before the new blades, nice wide boards and not too grungy looking.
I also have some butternut and maple which have been adjusting to the shop for about three weeks now, air dried, when we picked it up they were at 12% moisture content so we figure it should be decent by this coming weekend.
I have some cabinets to build for the LOML. Our old pantry cabinet lost a shelf the other day, luckily it was only wax paper and such, nothing too messy to pick up. I got the distinct impression it was time for me to start on the replacement for it. ;) Going to the BORG this coming weekend, hopefully will find some decent birch ply for the carcass, will do maple for the face frames and doors. Picked that maple up for a mere $2 per BF, think I'll be able to swing more than just one cabinet from what I have on hand, and there was some more left where I picked that up.
Have a great day!
Nothing special going on, just planed down some pallet wood, our planer has nicks in it anyway thanks to a brain cramp the other day, figured that now would be a good time to get some free wood, before I put on the new blades. I hauled a couple of pallets home from work (I'm in the trucking industry, in the office) and cut them up, leaving the nails. Got a bunch of short boards, but for little projects they'll work fine.
I found some beautiful cherry and maple which I'll put in something fun in the near future. Normally I buy rough lumber, but thought I'd recycle some wood for a change. I still have one to tear apart before the new blades, nice wide boards and not too grungy looking.
I also have some butternut and maple which have been adjusting to the shop for about three weeks now, air dried, when we picked it up they were at 12% moisture content so we figure it should be decent by this coming weekend.
I have some cabinets to build for the LOML. Our old pantry cabinet lost a shelf the other day, luckily it was only wax paper and such, nothing too messy to pick up. I got the distinct impression it was time for me to start on the replacement for it. ;) Going to the BORG this coming weekend, hopefully will find some decent birch ply for the carcass, will do maple for the face frames and doors. Picked that maple up for a mere $2 per BF, think I'll be able to swing more than just one cabinet from what I have on hand, and there was some more left where I picked that up.
Have a great day!