Ryan Hovis
09-01-2008, 12:53 PM
Sometime around February of this year I bought some real nice 3/4x6x24 tiger maple boards with the intent of resawing and drumsanding a couple them to make bookmatched panels for toolbox lids. I have dealt with my local sawmill for a couple years, provided them with probably a couple thousdand dollars in business, they have always been easy to work with and didn't mind filling small orders for me.
Owner said it might be a little while, his bandsaw was inaccessible or something. I paid for the work up front said fine, no hurry. Projected completion date for this project was June so I could give one of them to my dad for father's day. I'd call every few weeks, haven't got to it, haven't got to it. About May I placed an order, went to go pick it up, behold there is a ~20" SCMI bandsaw that looks pretty accessible, and there are my boards sitting in the same place, dusty.
About July the owner said he gave them to his friend to have him run them. I said OK, if I can have them before the end of July so I can finish the box and give it to my dad for his birthday. I have been calling every 2 weeks and he can't get them back or something. I think now we are in September.
I have 2 more tiger maple boards I could take somewhere else, not like this is rare exotic super expensive wood, but I don't buy much figured wood and like it to last for other projects. What would you do? All I want is my wood back, finished or not at this point :confused:
Owner said it might be a little while, his bandsaw was inaccessible or something. I paid for the work up front said fine, no hurry. Projected completion date for this project was June so I could give one of them to my dad for father's day. I'd call every few weeks, haven't got to it, haven't got to it. About May I placed an order, went to go pick it up, behold there is a ~20" SCMI bandsaw that looks pretty accessible, and there are my boards sitting in the same place, dusty.
About July the owner said he gave them to his friend to have him run them. I said OK, if I can have them before the end of July so I can finish the box and give it to my dad for his birthday. I have been calling every 2 weeks and he can't get them back or something. I think now we are in September.
I have 2 more tiger maple boards I could take somewhere else, not like this is rare exotic super expensive wood, but I don't buy much figured wood and like it to last for other projects. What would you do? All I want is my wood back, finished or not at this point :confused: