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Re: Used wood
By:Don Beale
Date: 9/17/1999, 12:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Mahogany regrets (Jay Babina)

No kidding. Keep your eyes open, often when you see somebody remodeling an old house there is a dumpster full of CVG old growth fir or cedar. Moulding and siding were common uses. I'm on my wat to the folks's this weekend to get some CVG fir that was a deck. Also, there are yards that specialize in used wood now, and you can get some really nice stuff. Once I saw a strip-boat built out of the remains of a redwood wine vat from an old winery. It looked for all the world like cherry, it was beautiful, and the wood was free. See the pix of my Tred Avon on Brians site. I really think the nail holes add character...

> What better use than a boat.

> What nausiates me, is people with money who buy 20 ft. clear redwood or
> cedar and use it behind their gutters. Then they paint It. It's done all
> the time. On one of the home improvement shows they were installing clear
> redwood behind the gutters. Here's a case where only recycled synthetic
> materials should be used.

Messages In This Thread

Mahogany regrets
Peter S. -- 9/15/1999, 8:22 pm
Re: what was it for
Bob Trower -- 9/22/1999, 8:41 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Peter S. -- 9/20/1999, 8:36 pm
ps. it was a coho
lee -- 9/21/1999, 3:03 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
lee -- 9/18/1999, 12:13 pm
go plant a tree :)
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/16/1999, 4:10 pm
Re: I did, and feel better!
Don Beale -- 9/16/1999, 7:14 pm
Re: go plant a tree :)
Will Brockman -- 9/16/1999, 6:15 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Jay Babina -- 9/16/1999, 2:47 pm
Re: Used wood
Don Beale -- 9/17/1999, 12:39 pm
Re: wine vats
Tom Kurth -- 9/20/1999, 9:24 pm
Old Telephone Poles
Stan Heeres -- 9/20/1999, 7:51 am
Re: Used wood
Paul Lund -- 9/18/1999, 3:07 am
Re: 1st link post!
Don Beale -- 9/18/1999, 10:34 am
Re: Used wood
Hank -- 9/17/1999, 3:16 pm
Re: Used wood
Shawn Baker -- 9/20/1999, 2:11 pm
Re: Used wood
Grant Goltz -- 9/17/1999, 12:51 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Grant Goltz -- 9/16/1999, 10:04 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Dan Lindberg -- 9/16/1999, 1:43 pm
Cedar, redwood, spruce, etc. regrets
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/16/1999, 10:12 am
Re: Cedar, redwood, spruce, etc. regrets
Bram -- 9/17/1999, 10:24 pm
Re: toilet paper
Dean Trexel -- 9/16/1999, 3:40 pm
Re: toilet paper
Grant Goltz -- 9/16/1999, 10:06 pm
Re:tp boats?
lee -- 9/17/1999, 3:28 pm
Paper boat ....
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/17/1999, 5:54 pm
Paper Canoe
Mike Hanks -- 9/18/1999, 11:34 pm
Re: yowzah, don't stop me
lee -- 9/18/1999, 12:18 pm
Pragmatism
Mike Scarborough -- 9/16/1999, 10:01 am
Re: Mahogany regrets
Jay Babina -- 9/16/1999, 9:04 am
Re: Mahogany regrets
Will Brockman -- 9/16/1999, 8:56 am
Re: Mahogany regrets
Ian Johnston -- 9/17/1999, 4:05 am
Re: Mahogany regrets
Paul Woolson -- 9/16/1999, 12:24 am
regrets unnecessary
Paul G. Jacobson -- 9/15/1999, 11:41 pm
Re: regrets unnecessary
jay Roberts -- 9/16/1999, 6:55 pm
Re: regrets unnecessary
Ian Johnston -- 9/16/1999, 3:06 am
Re: regrets unnecessary
Don Beale -- 9/16/1999, 12:22 am
Re: absolution
lee -- 9/15/1999, 10:13 pm
Re: absolution
Bob Kelim -- 9/15/1999, 11:30 pm
Re: absolution
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/17/1999, 5:59 pm
Re: absolution
Brian T. Cunningham -- 9/17/1999, 6:00 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Ian Johnston -- 9/15/1999, 9:11 pm
Re: Mahogany regrets
Brian -- 9/15/1999, 10:26 pm