More wood!

[atgcpaul]

My neighbors have retired and are moving to Oregon. They are selling off as much stuff as possible including a stash of ash the husband bought from a local sawmill. They own a historic house so he's slowly been remodeling it.

Anyway, I went over there today to check it. It was mostly 8/4 and some 5/4. I didn't measure it but asked him how much he wanted. He said, how about $25? I didn't have change so I gave him $30.

I figure there's at least 40bf in there. I've been wanting to make some kind of chair.

[leehljp]

Don't it feel good when you find nice stashes like that? Congratulations.

[capncarl]

Nice haul! You could make 5 Tiny Tables with that much wood.

[poolhound]

Nice one. There is definitely a few tables in there. And Ash makes for some good tool handles.

[onedash]

Nice. I never used ash but anything for less than $1 a BF seems too good to pass up.

[atgcpaul]

I recently used ash for some drawer sides. Grain is nearly identical to red oak and feels just as hard and heavy, but it was more forgiving to work with hand tools especially with a hand plane. I always wimp out with red oak and sand it, but the ash planed very nicely and I didn't have tearout like I do with red oak. The ash didn't stink either.

For next year's county fair, I want to build a chair. I'm thinking ash seat with walnut legs and back in the Maloof/mid-century modern style.