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To: Ilaine who wrote (53056)	7/5/2000 4:52:12 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Before you start building furniture watch the New Yankee Workshop on PBS a few times.

To: Ilaine who wrote (53056)	7/5/2000 4:55:34 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Well, I have to say that I'm with Gaugie on this... Better off to just buy some nice kiln-dried stuff when you're ready to "go" with a project.... partly because you can select exactly the wood that you want. Lots of times you want a special grain or colour, etc... and it's nice to be able to pick out what you like. And if you mill it, well, it could check or crack in some annoying way and you'd have some loss for sure. That's part of why the kiln-dried costs that much... because the loss is factored into the price. Up here, there are still guys with mills around... mostly farmers who bought mill equipment as it came up for sale. Some of those guys mill special trees in exchange for part of the wood. Most of them have big old barns with lofts where they can stick-and-stack lumber and leave it to air dry for a couple of years. I bought some of the lumber for my studio from a guy who does that. The price per board foot couldn't be beat and it was some nice wood... unplaned and nice and thick... boards over an inch thick and 12 inches wide... ooop... think my love of wood is showing... (0: