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One of the things I like about working metal. It doesn't do that nearly as much! :lol:
Man, I hear you. Wood is really a very fickle thing to work with. You really need to understand it so that projects you create today will be around in 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by WmRMeyers
The one thing that bugs me about metal is when you weld, you have to make sure everything is heated just right, and even then you have to worry about overheating. I agree though, I'm not waiting for the metal to equilibrate before I use it. :angry:
When it comes to wood, I am much better off cutting it into firewood than doing projects with it but there are times when I have to put on the handcuffs go to the 10" Chrapsmen radial arm or the 10 inch Ryobi table saw the 12" Pro-shop miter saw or the Shopsmith lathe or one of the routers and hack away at a bunch of the future firewood to make this or that. Straight/flat lumber is a must in most cases to achieve any quality or longevity.
A while back a neighbor brought over 10 8 ft 2x4s he had just bought about 2 hours before at the Box store in Abilene, said they broke open a bundle to get him some straight boards, by the time he arrived it my place all of them had a bow and a twist not bad but still not straight. Bad enough though that I knew ripping them was only going to make them worse. I swapped his boards out with some of mine I have had stacked in layers with furring strips between them. I have had my boards stacked that way for several years in a dark place took his boards laid them side by side flat sided, wedged them together in the rack then placed about 10 layers above them took us a couple hours to get my stack back how I liked it then we ripped the 10 boards I had swapped to him and he went away a very happy neighbor I told him transport and proper storage of any lumber new or old needs some attention. I have several sheets of plywood that I am slowly getting the warp out of might take another 6 months