My grandfather (the blacksmith) had a house built in Parkersburg, W.Va. in the
late 20s. He inspected the day's lumber delivery every evening when he walked
home from work. Anything with a knot was sorted out to be returned. The lumber
yard exchanged it with no questions.

On another note, my brother and I did some remodeling/repair on one of those
Sears kit-built houses. They were ingeniously conceived. The basement stairwell
walls were 2x3s (not load-bearing). Everything was cut to length. The wallboard
was glued onto the studs (with fire blocks) before the walls were erected. I
also remember cursing this when fishing wires in that house.

Buz Buskirk

Who is presently eking out a couple dozen cubic feet of space in the shop


On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 at 11:24:37 AM, Nichael Cramer wrote:
> Kirk Eppler wrote:
> >Hey gang
> >Whilst perusing another topic, I found a couple of books with some fun ads
> >in them [...]
> 
> Cool.  Thanks!
> 
> My favorite "old ad" was one from Sears from a time when they
> used to sell build-it-yourself house kits.
> 
> One included a guarantee that the buyer would be reimbursed
> 10 cent for every knot they found in the wood that they were shipped
> (this, at a time, when the cost of a stud was well under a dollar).
> 
> Try springing this on the lumberyard the next time you buy
> some construction timber.
> 
> N

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Buz Buskirk
Richmond, Kentucky

The three hardest things to make in your shop are time, space and money.