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Thread: Really nice piece of timber
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2nd September 2013, 05:40 PM #1Senior Member
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Really nice piece of timber
So I went to a new lumber yard last week to get a piece of maple. On my way out I asked the lady if I can have a look at some of their off-cut pieces, she says it's fine and that I can take whatever pieces I like for free. Found this nice piece of oak, it's not very big (about 200mm X 600mm) but I'm not going to complain.
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2nd September 2013, 05:56 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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envy is my new name!!!!
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2nd September 2013, 06:12 PM #3
Pens, pens and more pens
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2nd September 2013, 08:56 PM #4
That's an offcut . Great score
Here, our local hardware would probably still charge you $50 for something that bigNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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2nd September 2013, 09:56 PM #5Skwair2rownd
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2nd September 2013, 11:13 PM #6Senior Member
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Haha I was quite surprised when I saw it laying between the offcuts, it has a small crack on the one side so I suspect nobody gave it any notice because of that.. Who knows. I plan on going back to this lumber yard to have another look at what other gems they might have laying around.
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3rd September 2013, 12:36 AM #7
Nice! ... I can't really tell looking on the phone and but is it a local SA 'oak' or one of the euro Quercus spp. ?
Looks like a wild old grain you've got there, I'd be dressing my scrapers!...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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3rd September 2013, 01:56 AM #8Senior Member
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2nd October 2013, 10:15 PM #9Senior Member
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Here's the latest "off cut" I got from them, also for free.