Now that I have gotten through with getting my stuff squared away in my garage, I went to the local wood mill to get some Walnut, Cherry and Maple boards. So I hope to get the boards all planed tomorrow and get them cut into strips to make cutting boards again.

 

Yep good to see cause that floor is positively gonna look better with a coat os sawdust

Alright Allen!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go man!!! Now your neighbors are really gonna love the Cali guy! All that new noise in the neighborhood.

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

Alright Allen!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go man!!! Now your neighbors are really gonna love the Cali guy! All that new noise in the neighborhood.

Well, we still have a bunch of noise on our street as they are still building houses. Also the "Builder" of the community has his guys digging up the area behind my house for water retention and it will continue down for about 250 feet or so behind all of our homes on our street. They have been digging the dirt and filling dump trucks to haul it away. Also they do have some of that wonderful "Kentucky Granite" under the dirt so they had to bring in the big tractor with the 15' tall jack hammer to break the rock "KA-CHUNK-KA-CHUNK-KA-CHUNK" which scares the dogs to no end. But there is light at the end of the tunnel....um....retention.

Sounds too like a good time to get 2x4 scraps for benches. You would be surprised what gets hauled to trash...

Got all the Walnut, Cherry & Maple boards all cut down to usable length and ran them through the planer to uniform thickness. Tomorrow I will cut all the boards to into strips. I will have to go to Home Depot to get some new glue.

Gonna be some nice cutting boards. Hard to beat that combination.

2 hours ago, Allen Worsham said:

get some new glue.

At least a gallon, don't think the small one will go that far.....

There's a guy in Cincinnati that is retiring from toy-making and wants to get rid of "a boat load" of wood that he used to make his crafts. He would like to sell this wood. It is mostly oak, but there is some cherry and some maple.The pieces are short about 4 feet long. The 3 shelf stack was approximately 6 feet tall and 12 feet long and about 4 feet deep.  He would not give me a price but wanted me to make an offer.  I think it wood take three pick up trucks to haul it away.

 

If you (or anyone else here) is interested, I can put you in contact.   Sounds like the perfect thing for small items like cutting boards, toys, etc.

On 10/2/2019 at 1:11 PM, Allen Worsham said:

Got all the Walnut, Cherry & Maple boards all cut down to usable length and ran them through the planer to uniform thickness. Tomorrow I will cut all the boards to into strips. I will have to go to Home Depot to get some new glue.

That’s some really nice looking wood. Does the door stay unlocked. I could use some. 

Today I got all the walnut, cherry and maple boards into strips and ready to start up with gluing tomorrow or Monday. Also in the photo of the strips is one of the 2 folding tables that I picked up at Sam's Club. They are 6' long when folded, but it works out good to use as a run out table. It is a bit lower than the Saw Stop so I will be making some lifts to bring it up to be in line with the top of the table saw. They also hang nicely on the garage wall so not to mess up our standard 6' long banquet tables.

4 hours ago, Allen Worsham said:

so not to mess up our standard 6' long banquet tables.

So you are hosting the TPW banquet this year?  

Allen, that is sure some great looking lumber my friend, that Walnut sure is nicer than So. Cal. Walnut!

7 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Allen, that is sure some great looking lumber my friend, that Walnut sure is nicer than So. Cal. Walnut!

Hey now. That claro is pretty sweet. But, that midwest walnut is hard to best. My BIL is having a 30" dia. fallen walnut tree slabbed. I'll pick up half of it in November for half the sawmill bill. Plus, we're trading 50 bf of mesquite for a like amount of 4s 4/4 walnut, cherry and hard maple shorts. Most are 4" wide by 3'. He got a pallet of that stuff from an Amish cabinet making shop. 

Glad to see that you are getting back in the shop.  Are you planning to do a few craft shows?

Gene, are you headed back this way?

John, I think what you have in S. California is what we call an English Walnut, a little different from black walnut that grows in the eastern side of the continent.  Black walnut grows from about 10 miles north of the Gulf to southern Webster tract (Pennsylania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois) as far west as Oklahoma and back toward the Gulf.  I am not sure how far it reaches into Texas.  The English walnut can be cracked by hand, the black walnut needs a hammer.  Very different taste and oils.  Black walnut is very rich.  I think that is the reason you see different colors and grain.