Hi all,
I have a couple projects that I want to use Jummywood on, but where oh where do you guys buy this stuff? Hardwood dealers don't carry it. The borgs stock it but is expensive since it is S4S. I can buy rough sawn red oak for about the same price as the stuff! Where could I find some good ol' rough sawn Jumstock at a reasonable price?
Jums?
Frank
I can buy it from a sawmill green for 60¢ a bd. ft. I just don't have the room to store it for a year or two to dry out..
I've use lumber from HD, Lowes, but the results are not always the best. It can cup or warp in hours. So, I went to a local lumberyard and bought some to make a bookcase to match an existing one. All I needed was two 1 x 10's to do the job. Cut the pieces to rough length and set them aside to finish the next day. Came back and three of the six were cupped.
I went to a hardwood dealer, Connecticut Hardwood Guild in Enfield.
The planer they have is very nice. About 24" wide, it will do both sides at the same time. Punch in the desired thickness, feed in the wood, and one pass to take off a `1/4" or so. Looked like about a 25 HP motor on it. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net
Surprise Jums. I knew you were waiting for me to jump all over this one and make some smartass remark about buying it from a cheap firewood store or somesuch.
Naw. It's closer to what Ed said above. For cheap stuff hit your local borg and spend some time sorting through the junk. If you find some usable stuff, buy them out, take it home and sticker it, assuming it's wet. If you need some decent wide boards, go to a real lumber yard and buy the straight grained pine for fir. Nice stuff to work with.
mahalo, jo4hn
Frank Ketchum wrote:
Come by my place with a chainsaw. I got a buncha Jummy trees that need to be replaced with something less obnoxious.
Ok folks, for those of us who are not American and aren't familiar with this name, what is Jummy wood/tree in ordinary English? It seems to be a colloquial term. I haven't found anything useful via web searches.
Mike
Here you go Mike, everything you've ever wanted/didn't want to know about "Jummywood".
Buy? What are you thinking. Crates and pallets. I am wondering how my band mill that uncle and I are building will do cutting some red pine from my property to test it.
Does anyone know how hard red pine / aka norway pine is? I was thinking of making some flooring from some.
I wonder what pallet shops pay for pine and poplar.
Wes
We have a band mill and have cut some red pine. It wasnt that bad at all. Lots of water. Have you found woodweb?
Mark
snipped-for-privacy@lycos.com wrote:
No but assuming it is
Thanks for the reply on this,
Wes
It was brought to us, I dont know what the end product was. He wanted it cut 4/4 so I am assuing he was making 1x stock out of it.
Mark
snipped-for-privacy@lycos.com wrote:
Thanks for the web site. Learned about the grey/blue streaking I found in some test cuts I made. How did his wood look?
Wes
The grey/blue you are talking about is iron tannate? Or something else? We fight with tannate alot with oak as the paint on our bunks has worn through. As well I move a lot of material on forks. The wood was nice, logs were very small and only a couple. He hauled them from NY or PA as I recall.
Mark
snipped-for-privacy@lycos.com wrote:
It is a blue stain in pine. I took a look at woodweb and ran into this
The woodweb site is a very interesting one. So far I've been reading in sawing and drying forum. Uncle and I hope to make a first test cut this week with the mill we are building.
Wes
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:57:06 GMT, "Frank Ketchum" pixelated:
Like Silvan said, I have a tree you can take down for me at reasonable price. It's oregon pine ("jummywood" according to Phully) but we call it doug fir here.
Mikey's right. They're obnoxious. (Smell good, but leave pine sap/needles/cones EVERYWHERE.)
--- Annoy a politician: Be trustworthy, faithful, and honest! ---
I am curious if the blue stain can be treated or if finishes change it a bit. Have to play with it a bit to see how it looks.
It is pretty cool that something you like isn't liked much by others. Seems like most things every one wants it.
FWIW, we did a couple of test cuts today with our band mill. We are using a 9.9 onan engine that was given to us with a spare needing work and v belt pulleys for band wheels. So far we have < 750 into this.
We need to work on blade alignment and get a lube system for blade. We cut two red pine logs today and the blade is coated on one side with pitch. What kind of mix do you use? We were told to try pinesol and water.
Wes
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