allen levine
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I gotta say, you guys that live up in the tundra and Canada, and those cold places like Minnesota, how do you do it?
It was 12 degrees this morning, with a wind chill below zero, I walked out into the garage to hopefully attempt work, impossible. It felt like 50 below out there.
I hated to waste a day.
I spent the last 4 hours picking through, schlepping a ton of lumber from the boat restorers warehouse to my driveway. Unfortunately, I ran out of steam, have to take a breather, and go unload it all.
It is a great load. I purchased beautiful mahogany, almost 8/4 thick, really nice hondurian, about 40-50 bf of 8/4 or more clear pine, 100 bf of maple, another 100 bf of birch, something I never touched before. He had no cherry left, and walnut is something he only puchases for orders.(he gave me a 3 inch wide piece around 30 inches long that was laying around. hard to bellieve he would toss that)
I tried to squeeze some alder out of him. He had some gorgeous 18 inch wide boards, but he needed them for doors, and I couldnt even pursuade him to part with the narrower alder.(Another species I never worked with)
He had some beech, but I passed this time.
He threwin alot of excess,(cause it seems I got a ton more than I paid him for) making up for the knots and splits in some of the birch, but at 2 bucks a board foot for that and the maple, I was ok with his stuff.
Ill shoot some shots once I get it sorted and unloaded. It was a good purchase for me, now I can start planning out the six dining chairs I need to put together with the table I made.(on another note, I saw why Im such an amateur. He had this beautiful wall unit he made for a friend of his in the shop, not finished, but its clear to see the difference between his work and my work, like 20 lightyears apart, and he made like oh, I wont get paid for that..its for my friend. And Im thinking to myself, what?, that custom built 25 foot 8 foot high unit is a favor? Ya gotta love the real pros, god bless all you guys with so much talent)
It was 12 degrees this morning, with a wind chill below zero, I walked out into the garage to hopefully attempt work, impossible. It felt like 50 below out there.
I hated to waste a day.
I spent the last 4 hours picking through, schlepping a ton of lumber from the boat restorers warehouse to my driveway. Unfortunately, I ran out of steam, have to take a breather, and go unload it all.
It is a great load. I purchased beautiful mahogany, almost 8/4 thick, really nice hondurian, about 40-50 bf of 8/4 or more clear pine, 100 bf of maple, another 100 bf of birch, something I never touched before. He had no cherry left, and walnut is something he only puchases for orders.(he gave me a 3 inch wide piece around 30 inches long that was laying around. hard to bellieve he would toss that)
I tried to squeeze some alder out of him. He had some gorgeous 18 inch wide boards, but he needed them for doors, and I couldnt even pursuade him to part with the narrower alder.(Another species I never worked with)
He had some beech, but I passed this time.
He threwin alot of excess,(cause it seems I got a ton more than I paid him for) making up for the knots and splits in some of the birch, but at 2 bucks a board foot for that and the maple, I was ok with his stuff.
Ill shoot some shots once I get it sorted and unloaded. It was a good purchase for me, now I can start planning out the six dining chairs I need to put together with the table I made.(on another note, I saw why Im such an amateur. He had this beautiful wall unit he made for a friend of his in the shop, not finished, but its clear to see the difference between his work and my work, like 20 lightyears apart, and he made like oh, I wont get paid for that..its for my friend. And Im thinking to myself, what?, that custom built 25 foot 8 foot high unit is a favor? Ya gotta love the real pros, god bless all you guys with so much talent)