steve reeves
08-02-2008, 5:57 PM
On my way home from working on a rental house I came across a "estate sale" sign. It was already 2pm and around these parts those type of sales are usually over by then.. but I made the turn and stopped by to see if anyone was still there.
There was plenty of things left unsold, but it was either way overpriced or simply needed to go to the dump. I spied a shed out behind the house and asked if there was anything left in it. They lady's replay was "no just some old rough looking boards" I asked to take a look and after sweeping a good bit of dust off the boards I discovered that they were all 4/4 x 8ft (or there abouts) Jatoba.
I asked what they wanted for the old boards and the lady running the sale (a relative perhaps) said that If I'd agree to take all of them she'd let me have them for $50.
440 bd ft of very nice Jatoba now sits in my garage. I had forgotten how dang heavy this stuff is as I haven't used it in quite awhile as It's not normally available here in any sort of quantity.
And if my memory serves me well, I'll need to be buying a couple new sets of planer blades for the 735.... which eats blades nearly as fast as it planes the lumber anyway.
Moisture meter put this lot at 9 so maybe a month or so in my semi air conditioned garage it'll get down around 8 where I'd prefer it.
Wife's been wanting a new kitchen and I think I just ran out of excuses.
There was plenty of things left unsold, but it was either way overpriced or simply needed to go to the dump. I spied a shed out behind the house and asked if there was anything left in it. They lady's replay was "no just some old rough looking boards" I asked to take a look and after sweeping a good bit of dust off the boards I discovered that they were all 4/4 x 8ft (or there abouts) Jatoba.
I asked what they wanted for the old boards and the lady running the sale (a relative perhaps) said that If I'd agree to take all of them she'd let me have them for $50.
440 bd ft of very nice Jatoba now sits in my garage. I had forgotten how dang heavy this stuff is as I haven't used it in quite awhile as It's not normally available here in any sort of quantity.
And if my memory serves me well, I'll need to be buying a couple new sets of planer blades for the 735.... which eats blades nearly as fast as it planes the lumber anyway.
Moisture meter put this lot at 9 so maybe a month or so in my semi air conditioned garage it'll get down around 8 where I'd prefer it.
Wife's been wanting a new kitchen and I think I just ran out of excuses.