There is a small pallet mill down on the other side of the railroad tracks in town, and they appear to dump their scrap in a pile outside the fence. This morning I just happened to drop by and came away with quite a bit of oak, thicknesses 3/4 to maybe 8/4, 4 to 8 inches wide, and maybe two feet long. Dunno what I'll do with it yet, BUT: it's green. I'd like to retard checking as much as I can. I'm gonna store it in the basement, by the shop, stickered, but is there anything else I can do? I'm a little reluctant to dip the ends in wax (SWMBO has this unreasonable aversion to lumber in the kitchen - I can't figure it out...), but if that's what it takes, I'll figure out some way to do it.
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16 years ago