MidKnight
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Registered: 03/17/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Boston area
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Unfortunately a local furniture maker / sawyer is being forced to move because the landlord is selling the property he rents. However, he posted on CL that he's selling all his wood at $1 per bf.
I went to see what he had. I knew I couldn't get much. I don't do much WWing because I'm a rookie hobbiest and have two 3 month old twins. However, I couldn't pass it up.
I came away with 25bf of 5/4 cherry, all from the same tree and some with live edge. Also, I snagged some 1/4 spalted maple.
I paid a total of $30.
There were a few people there buying up 100s of bf of wood at a time. I don't blame them. This guy had apparently made good use of the Woodmiser sitting outside his shop.
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Toddy Woddy
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Registered: 03/18/02
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Loc: Sheridan Il USA
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Well good for you. Enjoy. Make some sawdust!
Todd
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Humanbackhoe
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Registered: 04/06/07
Posts: 3662
Loc: Savage, Md.
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Great to get a deal like that  . Those top two boards on the left, look like they are quarter sawn, are they?
Andrew
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Halfathumb
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Registered: 08/11/04
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Loc: SW Missouri
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Whenever I come across a deal like this it seems I recently exhausted any $ I saved up for the shop on something else. Usually grand kids or a charty
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Bill_de
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Registered: 03/30/05
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That's a really nice first gloat!
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See ya later,
Bill
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jteneyck
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Registered: 01/24/10
Posts: 3094
Loc: Western NY
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Nice, but for $1/BF you shoulda filled your car !
John
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Steve N
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Registered: 09/28/07
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Loc: CinDay
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I`m thinking that baby food was more a priority. Filled cars come later in life
Nice score MidKnight
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GW
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DaveParkis
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Registered: 04/09/09
Posts: 2856
Loc: Colonie, NY
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Congrats!! I'm hoping to have a gloat one day. 
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Currently a smarta$$ but hoping to one day graduate to wisea$$
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RokJok
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Registered: 09/11/05
Posts: 3807
Loc: Rainy side of the Cascade Mtns
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<Darth Vader voice on>
"The Suck is strong with this one!"
<Vader voice off>
And yes, I too think you should have forgone groceries and any other essentials for a few weeks to fill your car to the roof.
<<<--- impulsive wood whore, no longer in training. 
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MidKnight
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Registered: 03/17/11
Posts: 230
Loc: Boston area
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I'm too stingy.
I just couldn't justify spending tons of money on wood that will - in all likelihood - sit for a long long time. I'm in the middle of making planter boxes for my wife... there are times when I can only get literally one cut in before I hear the kids cry or something else needs done.
If anyone in is Easter MA send me a PM and I'll give you the fellas number. When I left there was still a lot of wood to be had. I forgot to check out the small cache of black walnut he had. Lots of cherry, maple, oak. Most kilned, some not. Some even surfaced already... all of it for $1 per bf.
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