Not sure if this is the right place, but I have two issues dealing with wood that I would like to put to you all:
First.
Sawyer- for anyone east of I-95, within 40 mi. of little Washington (possibly a little farther if the job is big).
He has a nice Wood-Mizer LT 40HD with hydraulics and knows how to use it! He has a day job (Engineer at PCS Phosphate) so does most cutting in the evenings and on weekends. He has some on-hand stock (I have not seen it but intend to check it out and possibly buy some) that has been air drying, some 4 to 5 years. It includes Cherry, Walnut, Cedar (red), 4/4, 4" - 12" wide by 2' - 12' long. Contact Kevin at Kevin's Custom Sawing & Furniture 252-923-0345. I have no financial/or other interest in this sawyer. I suggested to him that he contact Wood-Mizer and join their referral network.
Second.
Possible new E. Carolina wood source
Next up, is a local (Washington/Beaufort Co) Tree Service guy who needs some help. He gets lots of good hardwood during conduct of his business removing trees from property. Up until now he just cut it up for fire wood, burned it as scrap (Yikes! what a waste :crybaby2, or cut some (mainly pine) into construction lumber for friends' barns and sheds. He just had the above sawyer cut some of his trees- in addition to pine for barns, he cut some oak into 2"X12" by 12' long near clear planks for his truck bed! In the truck were some 23" wide slabs of near perfect 4/4 Red Oak. He gave me 200 bdft of 4/4 red and white oak (I really wanted QSWO)- a barter deal. Bottom line, I told him he could likely make more $ with less work selling cabinet grade hardwood lumber instead of firewood. He doesn't have a clue as wood stacking, stickering, drying, dryness requirements (for cabinet lumber), cutting ("quartersawn, what's that?"), grading, etc. If he decides to do this I will try to help him with info from the web on those topics. He typically gets decent sized trees of Red & White Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Cedar (red), Walnut (he will be cutting 5 Walnut trees next week), Birch, Maple, Sycamore, and lesser amounts of Chestnut and Cherry, and occassionally strange stuff like Mulberry, Crepe Myrtle, etc.
I doubt he will ever have the volume needed to supply cabinet shops and he still needs to find a kiln (wonder if a Tobacco drier would work?). He has sufficient covered storage for air drying (but that would mean 1-2 year delay in startup).
I would greatly appreciate it if you guys and gals could give me your top 5-8 domestic hard woods ranked by how often/how much you use so I can help him focus a little. Other comments and suggestions also accepted. Thanks much.
First.
Sawyer- for anyone east of I-95, within 40 mi. of little Washington (possibly a little farther if the job is big).
He has a nice Wood-Mizer LT 40HD with hydraulics and knows how to use it! He has a day job (Engineer at PCS Phosphate) so does most cutting in the evenings and on weekends. He has some on-hand stock (I have not seen it but intend to check it out and possibly buy some) that has been air drying, some 4 to 5 years. It includes Cherry, Walnut, Cedar (red), 4/4, 4" - 12" wide by 2' - 12' long. Contact Kevin at Kevin's Custom Sawing & Furniture 252-923-0345. I have no financial/or other interest in this sawyer. I suggested to him that he contact Wood-Mizer and join their referral network.
Second.
Possible new E. Carolina wood source
Next up, is a local (Washington/Beaufort Co) Tree Service guy who needs some help. He gets lots of good hardwood during conduct of his business removing trees from property. Up until now he just cut it up for fire wood, burned it as scrap (Yikes! what a waste :crybaby2, or cut some (mainly pine) into construction lumber for friends' barns and sheds. He just had the above sawyer cut some of his trees- in addition to pine for barns, he cut some oak into 2"X12" by 12' long near clear planks for his truck bed! In the truck were some 23" wide slabs of near perfect 4/4 Red Oak. He gave me 200 bdft of 4/4 red and white oak (I really wanted QSWO)- a barter deal. Bottom line, I told him he could likely make more $ with less work selling cabinet grade hardwood lumber instead of firewood. He doesn't have a clue as wood stacking, stickering, drying, dryness requirements (for cabinet lumber), cutting ("quartersawn, what's that?"), grading, etc. If he decides to do this I will try to help him with info from the web on those topics. He typically gets decent sized trees of Red & White Oak, Cypress, Poplar, Cedar (red), Walnut (he will be cutting 5 Walnut trees next week), Birch, Maple, Sycamore, and lesser amounts of Chestnut and Cherry, and occassionally strange stuff like Mulberry, Crepe Myrtle, etc.
I doubt he will ever have the volume needed to supply cabinet shops and he still needs to find a kiln (wonder if a Tobacco drier would work?). He has sufficient covered storage for air drying (but that would mean 1-2 year delay in startup).
I would greatly appreciate it if you guys and gals could give me your top 5-8 domestic hard woods ranked by how often/how much you use so I can help him focus a little. Other comments and suggestions also accepted. Thanks much.