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Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
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Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
those are some pretty good boards you've got there. thanks for the post.
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Looks like that wood cleaned up real pretty. I'm not sure a sanding supply station is the way to go, I see some really nice boxes and an end table or two in that there lumber. ;-)
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
I'll be honest, some looks better than it is. on the backs of these, a lot have sapwood. Not that sapwood is bad (Daren Nelson has made some cool stuff using heartwood and sapwood together), but the sapwood on this is real soft (as in I could break off pieces with my finger. Because the back has so much transitional color, a lot actually looks grey.

Thats why I'm thinking to build a cabinet with this stuff. The rest that is in my pile (yet to be milled) will probably go towards furniture. Not 100% sure of what yet, but I'm working on it. It's just getting too hot for the shop in a hurry. We'll see. Thanks for the comments!
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Great looking wood Thanks for the pic's
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
You did a good job of cleaning up this stack of lumber. I see some gorgeous walnut in there. It looks like your are going to have some nice wood to work with.

Well done.
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Well since my name was brought up. The difference between my sapwood and what I see on that is ring count and size. Most of that was milled from small trees (maybe branches ? from the wandering pith and bowed boards) The sapwood breaking off tells me it laid before it was milled and started to rot, the heartwood will not nearly as fast. But what you skip planed looks unique and interesting. The hard part is done, it is dry and mostly in one piece…now go build something!
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Thanks guys. NExt weekend, I'll try to make some more progress but I've been neglecting the house to work in the garage. I'll see if I can get in a few minutes to make some more progress.
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
If you had some 2×2 squares, I see 2 walnut end tables in this pic!!!
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Great looking wood
Some photos of the walnut I bought

Well, a while ago I asked for some advice about buying walnut lumber. I promised to post a few pictures of what I purchased but I had soem camera issues. It has probably been 2 months now, and I've seen some much more impressive photos of raw lumber posted, particularly from Darren, but I'm finally going to post what I was able to get.

First is a photo of some of the raw lumber. This is probably 3/4 of what I bought. The other quarter I have posted below after cleaning it up some. The lumber was apparently sitting covered for about 10+ years. It is pretty ugly as you can see. I pulled the stuff that is the most warped aside to use first, as you can see, some are pretty bad and I don't have a jointer )-: (Note: there are 2 small pieces of cherry, 1 of padauk, and 1 of lacewood on top. I forgot to move this before the picture, but they are so covered in walnut dust anyway, maybe you wouldn't have noticed)





As you can see, the outside is pretty bad. The inside wasn't too bad overall and was actually really nice in some spots. To get to it, I needed to plane of the top. I don't have a handplane, plus it would be a lot of work, so I will use my power planer. All the dirt on the lumber probably would have killed my blades, so I shaved off the top layer with the badsaw. I also took off the sides with the circular saw. HEre are some scraps.



After cutting off the really bad stuff, I sent it through the planer. I ended up with a lot of shavings, especially considering I cut off so much bad stuff. I ended up with almost a full trash bad of shavings. I feel bad throwing it in the trash, but I can't really think of another good use for it since I can' compost it. I also think I'm going to need some new blades soon. I've been cutting a lot of material and they are definitely not what they used to be. This is the best I could get the boards to this weekend though. Not too bad in my opinion.





I'm planning to build a sanding supply cabinet with these boards. I'll have a lot more milling to do to get a consistent thickness to build the walls and front door frames. The doors will be made with cherry plywood.

One last note:
Thanks to everyone that posts their blogs. They have been so helpful to me. After doing this, I've learned they are fun, but they do take some extra thought to be snapping some pictures and to prepare the write-up. It is apprecaited.
Nice looking boards.
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