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Author:	Ken Lewis [ Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:08 pm ]
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Here's a couple pics of some, well I am told mahogany, looks like maybe Sapele, IDK. It's a strange world indeed but this wood was purchased and used as dunnage. I guess money is no object in the oil biness. Purchased as mahogany btw.The sticks are 14" x 14" x 9', cubes are 16" x 16" Attachment: Wood.JPG

Author:	Ken Lewis [ Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:25 pm ]
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Here it is again in it's apres usage present state. Not like new but still useable. The good news is it's now going for auction, small semi private auction , and I might get me some, if not most. I guess I shouldn't count my chickens just yet though. Looks like still some good wood...and for pocket change, maybe. ( 14" x 14" x 9' )

Author:	jsmith [ Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:44 pm ]
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There might be some good neck wood in that lot, depending how deep the staining goes, and if there's no honeycombing inside. You might want to take a moisture meter along to that auction and get a reading on it. Could have gotten pretty damp in whatever hold in which it came over. Keep us posted on the outcome.

Author:	Ken Lewis [ Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:03 pm ]
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It came over in the New state, purchased in Paris, France. Been here less than two years and sitting outside for about a year or less. I'm thinking, hoping the staining is just surface. I haven't seen it, other than decent pictures, but talked to someone who has. By the sounds of it I can use it for firewood and still be money in.

Author:	Bryan Bear [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:52 am ]
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If it was purchased as dunnage, I would assume it was not dried. So it is air dried (or drying) and the ends are not sealed. It is hard to tell from the pics but I would wonder if it will have a lot of checking and if it will start to move once you open it up. But. . . if, as you say, the price is low enough that it would still be a good value as firewood you don't have much to lose. If That opportunity presented itself to me, I'd probably go for it until I realized I have no way to cut up a 14"X14"X9' billet. . .

Author:	Alex Kleon [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:45 am ]
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If That opportunity presented itself to me, I'd probably go for it until I realized I have no way to cut up a 14"X14"X9' billet. . .[/quote] Wrong thinking, Bryan! Buy the wood, then buy a honkin' bandsaw to slice it up. Your wife will undoubtably be able to follow such logic. Alex

Author:	dzsmith [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:53 am ]
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This might work.

Author:	Rodger Knox [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:43 am ]
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Yeah, that will work all right... Work you to death!

Author:	Alex Kleon [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:28 pm ]
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dzsmith wrote: This might work. For use when your apprentice says you never let him do any meaningful work. Alex

Author:	Bryan Bear [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:26 pm ]
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Alex Kleon wrote: If That opportunity presented itself to me, I'd probably go for it until I realized I have no way to cut up a 14"X14"X9' billet. . . Wrong thinking, Bryan! Buy the wood, then buy a honkin' bandsaw to slice it up. Your wife will undoubtably be able to follow such logic. Alex[/quote] You might be right my friend. She is always telling me about how buying something we didn't need saved us money because it was such a good deal. This would be an easy sell. I need to get an in on this wood deal; I've been wanting a bigger bandsaw but couldn't afford it (until now).

Author:	DannyV [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:11 pm ]
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Alex Kleon wrote: dzsmith wrote: This might work. For use when your apprentice says you never let him do any meaningful work. Alex It is a step up from the broom.

Author:	dzsmith [ Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:16 pm ]
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You could saw one-piece electric body blanks and sell them for $100 a pop. Look's like African Mahogany to me.

Author:	SteveSmith [ Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:51 am ]
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hell, just start off with a chain saw

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