how to get wood

[hansmanjcool]

I install hardwood flooring for a living. I have so much free red/white oak that it is stupid. I recently had a brush fire and burned seven garbage bags filled with the stuff. Alot of the boards are too short, but there is always a handfull of boards 8 inches or longer. 2 and 1/4 some times 3 inch boards. Some times I get maple, walnut, brazalian cherry, american cherry, tiger wood, yellow pine, santos mahagony, teak, bammboo, or hickory. Yes scraps get thown away very often. So, find someone who does hardwood floors and tell them to watch out for you. There is some milling you have to do on them, but so what you got to do that anyway. I do this everyday so I am more selective of what I keep, or else I would bury my house in wood. If I ever need some wider than 3 inches I find two with similar grain and edge glue. Or if you want you can just go buy the stuff, it grows on trees you know.

[minowevie]

Gosh, can I be your neibor? I wish I had that resorse. I keep the smallis pieces, just in case. I think glueing pieces together, makes the wood stronger, and not warp as bad, done right of course. I know you do inlay as well, and would love to have some stone, but it is exspencive hear. and you have to have the right tools. your a lucky person. I think I would cry at your bom fire. I am looking for a counter person, to just get some granit or corian. just small pieces. like 1'x1' just to do some of my scrolling projects. but dang where??? any empho on this? thanks your friend Evie

[Chase]

Evie, go to the local cabinet maker. Ask him if you can raid his scrap pile or dumpster. I'm still looking but I'm told this is a great source of Corian, oak, hickory, etc.

Your scrollin' buddy, Chase

[JohnB]

G'day Evie,
Another good source of granite and marble is a stone masons, the ones that make the tombstones.
They usually have a bin with all sorts of nice stuff.

[JohnB]

G'day all,
My neighbour does some skip scavenging, and turned up last week with about 1/2 a ute load of pine timber. All good lengths and ranging in size from 2" x 1" - 8" x 2".
Then on Friday he asked me to give him a hand. He'd found a skip with literally full of treated pine boards. Some up to 3 metres in length and up to 10" x 2". Well 2 ute loads later we were done.
It's funny how things turn out, I was just working out measurements and prices to build the young bloke a covered sand pit

[hansmanjcool]

If you are looking for stone watch out at lowes and home depot, they have cheapies in the center of the isles. It might be just a couple pieces they of discontinued stuff. Slate is only $0.99 a square foot.

[hansmanjcool]

Hey JohnB I am building a tree house for my children. The wood came from an old deck in my backyard. It was about to fall over, the previous owner never put concrete under the supports. It would be a good project to post throughtout the process, but there is no scrolling involved. I have to find a treehouse forum I guess. Point: recycling is good

[Croaker]

I get a small pick-up up to the top of the box each week of Baltic birch. 3/8 and 5/8 " thick they are at least 3' long up 5' long so have plenty of that ( like a small garage full.Also corian I have a place that I raid the trash box and get plenty of that also. Surprise what they throw away and waste. One mans trash is anothers GOLD . Jerry

[sawdustus]

Another very good source is the pallets discarded by lumber yards, stone masons and landscapers. The major drawbacks are the embedded stone fragments and dirt and the screw nails used to hold the pallets together.
The dirt and stone fragments usually dislarge easily if you use a belt sander with a coarse grit (36 or so) to clean them before any milling operation is done. I usually just cut the boards at the intersections and throw the nailed pieces away (screw nails are very difficult to remove and I don't like the holes left behind). I also go over the boards with a hand held metal detector. The dirt, stones and nail fragments can do a job on planer blades faster than you can blink.
The type of wood you find is probably dependent on where you live. Here in the NE, I have found mostly oak, birch and maple.

[Indiana saw man]

HELLO ALL
I worked in the veneer busn. for 35 yrs. if you have any veneer mills around you thboards and cores left over afterr all ythe veneer has been sliced off is sum great wood