Well Guys, I think I found another deal. A friend of mine had a storm hit his place and downed some large white oak as well as red oak trees. They have been down a little over a year. No sign of bugs or rot according to the Mill operator. He gave me all that we could get out of the woods. I got 4, 8' logs approx 16 to 18" across of red oak. Then I got 8, 8' logs approx 24" across or maybe a little bigger of white oak. It took two 16' trailers to get them to a large bandsaw mill. They are beautiful logs, perfectly straight. I am getting them all quarter sawn for .40 a foot. I'm pretty excited but I'm nervous. He said I have somewher between 1000 and 2000 bd. ft of lumber. I don't have a barn but I do have about 1 1/2 acres with some shade that I can air dry my lumber. I intend to make mission style furniture with the wood.
The mill is going to start cutting next week. I told him I want everything quartersawn. I told him I wanted 75% cut to be able to plane to 1" boards, the remainder to plane to 2" boards. For the type of furniture I'm building, Are these good dimensions?
Also, I've got to stack this stuff. I plan to build some frames from 2x10's on top of cinder blocks. Do the frames need to be perfectly level? I've never air dried before and I don't want to make a mistake. Any suggestions would be very appreciated...
Thanks for the help!
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