I finally have lumber!
Posted by JeffToday, my search for lumber (or at least lumber I am willing to pay for) came to an end. After calling a couple mills and several stores, I finally came up with a supplier. Turns out Johnson’s Workbench had plenty of flat sawn ash in their Grand Rapids store. So, I left my day job a bit early and took the Explorer over to Grand Rapids.
I had never been to the store before, so I did have to spend some time wandering around the store. They’ve got a lot of different kinds of wood, so I’m sure I’ll be back. But today, only interested in the white ash. They had plenty. And they had it in several thicknesses. 8/4, 6/4 and 4/4. I needed ~120 bf. So, I pulled boards until I came up with 118 bf. When they added up the tags on the boards they came up with 108. We split the difference and I paid for 114. I haven’t gone back and added them up again to see who was right.
They even helped me load it into the Explorer. Most of the boards were 10′. So, they stuck out a bit. Only about 2′ with the seats down. When we were done, I put a ratchet strap around the bundle, and a bungy to hold the liftgate down. I figured with the weight of the wood, it wouln’t move at all. I figured wrong. Just turning out of the parking lot, the wood slid back about 6″! Did I mention I figured wrong? I pulled into a gas station just down the block. I had more ratchet straps, and the Explorer has tie-down rings in the back. So, a couple mintues later I was on the road again. No further incidents occured on the trip home.
Once home, I took it all down to my basement and stickered it up. Actually I do need to make a few more stickers. The top two layers are not stickered.
So, there it will sit for the next two weeks. So, I’ve got two weeks to get my planer back in order, my chisels sharpened, and some layout done. No sweat right?
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