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Hey all,
I have access to a large amount of these 12-16/4 beams, and was considering selling some neck blanks to offset my costs. The wood comes from the co-op started by Bob Taylor and crew, and this container was passed up en masse by Taylor's grader. It made its way to the shop of master chair maker, Brian Boggs, who is also a partner in the co-op. Granted, I had to do a little digging to find the good quarter sawn stuff, but there's plenty in there. What's more, there's two distinct "flavors" -- the lower-density, light-colored stuff, and the much denser, dark cinnamon type.

I want to provide these at a fair cost to OLF members over in the classified, and am still debating cost, but I'm thinking somewhere around $80 for two necks' worth. First of all, does that seem like a fair price, and second, is anyone interested? Btw, the blank pictured is four blanks worth.

Ken


Ken Jones
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Sounds very fair to me, especially for the darker wood. I just don't find that stuff around very often anymore.

Ken - sounds good to me. I would be interested in a couple of the darker, denser ones if well-quartered.

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interested

The darker stuff is smaller, but I think I can still get 3 x 4 x 23 3/4" clear, so you can get two blanks from each stick.


Ken Jones
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The grain isn't vertical, but I think still qualifies as quarter sawn. Funny, I thought folks would be more interested in the lighter stuff due to neck weight issues. I'll be milling and ripping them probably tomorrow, so I'll put up pics of the finished "product".


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Interested!

I'm not allowed to be interested

Definitely interested, Ken.

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Wrong side of the border.

Alex

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If there is anyone on the Canadian side of the boarder that want's 1-piece mahogany necks I've got lots. I'll be posting more about that here on the forum soon.

Josh

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Very interested. In fact i would almost rather take a block thaat is 4 necks worth. No need to mill it up for me.

Ok I just cut my first neck out of my only Honduras mahogany billet. Ummmmm I may be interested even though I'm not allowed to be.

I'd love to see that Josh.

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Maybe. Are you listing them in the Classifieds? Any insight on why the blocks were rejected by Taylor?

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Yes, interested......Classifieds or will you PM?

Thumbs up for Brian Boggs!

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With Honduras getting harder and harder to get, wouldn't it be so much less wasteful to turn these into 20-22mm thick pieces and make scarf/stackheel necks? It looks like you could get 4 necks instead of 2 out of each.

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Sorry for my delay in responding -- been bogged down in repairs here lately. But, wow, there's a lot of interest out there!

I wanted to plane the surfaces of the boards to check for defects, bug holes, etc, and sure enough, found some. Which could be why the container got passed on by Taylor. That's not to say there's not some great wood in there, but it will require some pretty careful picking to find the best boards. Also, much of what's in the container is flatsawn or rift, which can work for necks, too, but decreases yield.

So out of a hypothetical yield of 12 light and 16 heavy/dark neck blanks, I'm left with realistically, 10 light and 10 heavy after working around bug holes to find the sweet spots. I'll prob keep four each, so the upshot is I'll only have a dozen or so to sell from this batch, but would gladly go get more. I don't want another part-time job, but I could see doing a few batches to help fund a new resaw... Or spraybooth...


Ken Jones
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Alexandru, that's a great point, alas, I'm not set up to do that much processing of the wood. I do find uses for pretty much all of my thick scrap in the form of jigs, brace stock, sculpture media, etc.


Ken Jones
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