ike Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) last evening I was planning wood that I had drying for over a year. I had 17 4 ft. X 8 in ash 16 ft. Chery and20 ft. walnut all 5/4X 8 in I get this at the l saw mill near my home it took me about 3 hours I pained all pieces down to 1/2 inch thickness. If you have a planer or access to one it's a good deal. Most mills will let you have the end pieces if you ask. What is your favorite wood to work with ? IKE Edited October 1, 2014 by ike Rob Roy and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Unfortunatly I don't have a saw mill any where near me and on the west coast we don't have all the neat woods you all have futher east. We do have alot of black walnut in our area, but little means of milling it without having to haul it a long ways. Hard to say my favorite wood. Depend on what type of woodworking I am doing at the moment. I do like currly maple, cherry, english walnut, etc. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Oh, heavy question. I guess I don't have a favorite Mahogany, easy to cut, beautiful and elegant...just hard to come by. For beauty, Tiger Maple. Oak I love for water scenes...Oak is nice to work with Walnut is beautiful. Maybe Ash Ike, some sawmills here get more $ money $ for wood chips than for lumber. Thats because some mfg. plants are using wood chips to produce energy. So most sawmills are chipping "ALL" scrap. Becoming hard to get unless you know someone. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Ike does that include free shipping .I have an order for you for the end cuts! What a deal.I'm loseing my free aro, cedar connection in days now .Got cedar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Keven I get the wood free but I can't imagine what the shipping cost would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 My favourite is Walnut dark and light.. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson's Woodworking Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 No favorites here. I just love to work with all different types of wood. I have a friend that is knocking down some mulberry trees and I am thinking about taking those to a sawmill. I also have a neighbor that is taking down a walnut tree and there is a hard maple tree across the street that is dying and I hope to get that one. Now if I could just find some big cedar trees I would be in seventh heaven. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browders Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 We have sawmills around here, but the wood they mill is generally either fir or larch. Not great for scrolling. Unfortunately there are no local stands of hardwoods. Likewise my choice of scrolling woods is limited to whatever the local hardware store is selling. I recently cut some cherry and liked it a lot. I was using poplar to do some of my scrolling, but just switched to select pine. Looks about the same and is a little cheaper. I'm pretty opportunistic. Give me free wood, and I'll make it work. Jim Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 If it's WOOD I like it. . Rob Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson's Woodworking Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) If it's WOOD I like it. Rob Roy. And if it free it is even better. Edited October 2, 2014 by Wilson's Woodworking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I don't care too much about Pine,(too grainy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 My favorite or most used wood is walnut. But I have around 30 different woods in my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Walnut and oak are my favorites, but I''ll try anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Red oak, walnut, and soft maple are my favorites to cut but I let the project dictate the wood I use.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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