Wood question

[knuttle]

Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded edges.

It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.

My question is the material something new on the market, that is not carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by contractor.

I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new item give a slight different look to the picture frames.

[DerbyDad03]

Species? Lengths? (just curious)

A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly. I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him. The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.

This is some of what I bought:

A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:

Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.

[hubops]

Yep. Many possible scenarios for finding unusual sizes of material. Many years ago, over a few beers, a buddy told me he had some walnut sticks collecting dust in his shed so I bought $ 20. worth - ~ 2 - 3 wheelbarrows full - and used them for odd jobs and small projects for 20 years. They were from a furniture factory -

- 3 1/2 feet long 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 dry and straight. John T.

[knuttle]

OP: I was HOPING that someone would say that it was a new standard size.

I used it all in making picture frames today, it gives the frame a different look. (with a half dozen different shaped router bits you are always looking for ways to make them different.)

I was down at the lumber store the other day and they had 1.5" sizes that could be ripped, to get the 3/4" size. However as thin as it is, I am not sure I want to try to rip it.

Would this be something that would be used in the installation of a knotty pine wall, ie spline between the panels?

Thanks for responding.

[Michael]

Nice work on the bed!

[Clare Snyder]

It wasn't by chance cedar??? left over from a cesar strip canoe???

[Clare Snyder]

You mean battens? Usually more than 3/4 inch wide , but always a possibility someone wanted something different??

[hubops]

Good guess .. I helped a buddy rip those - many years ago. .. for each 2 strips 1 went in saw dust .. .. then all the long skinny strips were routered for bead & cove ... gotta love what you do .. The finished product was something to behold - not a canoe that I would ever bang off the rocks .. John T.

[knuttle]

It appears to be a pine.

[knuttle]

I as I replied above it is probably pine. It is definitely not cedar.

The sawdust is one of the nice things about working with wood. I When I used the material for the Restore I made 8 picture frames and stretcher. I had about a gallon of saw dust. Eventually it will go on to the yard.

Another thing I like when doing this is listening to the wood go from being the sound of a board to a block. I assume the change in the sound comes from the milling of the decorative groves.