Lumber Haul - 2011.10.08

I scored a decent load of mixed lumber this past Saturday. Besides the photos there were enough shorts to pack about half the back of my SUV - I gave those to a neighbor who's doing some interesting sculptural pieces and can use them more than me (plus where to store them?). As with many of you, I "swore off" any new lumber after the last big load (that one filled my trailer about 4 feet high - luckily I managed to give away most to fellow GWA members and only had a handful of boards by the time I got home). The previous big load was free - and basically was going to be burnt as firewood if someone like me didn't come and get it. This load wasn't free but was very cheap and I knew that I could use some of it (particularly the thicker maple, cherry and mahogany).

What was really surprising was that the entire stack was surfaced planed with one dressed edge - basically furniture-grade FAS J2S (jointed, surfaced planed both sides) of very high quality. Everything was planed to 1 3/4" or 1" or 3/4" in thickness. I inventoried the lot and came up with the following dimensions:

Mahogany: 4 boards: 1" x 8 3/4" x 8'; 1" x 9" x 8'; 1"x 7 3/4" x 8'; 1" x 3 3/4" x 8'
Maple: 4 boards: 1 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 7'; 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 10'; 3/4" x 7" x 6'; 3/4" x 5" x 6'
Cherry: 8 boards: 1 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 4'; 1" x 9" x 9'; 1" x 9" x 10''; 1" x 5" x 10'; 1" x 5" x 10'; 1" x 5 1/4" x 7 1/2; 1" x 5" x 6 1/2'; 3/4" x 7 1/4" x 8 1/2'
Red Oak: 8 boards: 1" x 10 1/2" x 10 1/2'; 1" x 6 1/2" x 7 1/2'; 1" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2'; 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 11'; 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 12'; 3/4" x 6" x 10'; 3/4" x 6" x 6 1/2'; 3/4" x 5" x 7 1/2'

The second pile includes:

Aromatic Cedar: 2 boards both at 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 8'
Poplar: 1 board at 1" x 5 1/2" x 5'
Walnut: 3 boards: 1 3/4" x 7 1/2" x 6'; 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 4'; 3/4" x 5" x 5 1/2'

There was also some misc pieces I didn't bother to measure (you can see some have profiles cut into them). I was very happy to get the mahagony in particular, especially at the 1" thickness with nice clear boards. In all a bunch of lumber that's now sitting on the floor of my shop as I don't have anywhere to store it. I plan to inventory the rest of my stash and perhaps cull some stuff - there's just too much for my small shop. Up next are the tools I also bought at the same sale.

-- John