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269736 Matt Cooper <MaNoCooper@l...> 2020‑01‑22 Re: Stanley 55 dating and restoring
Hmm sounds like I need to keep a saw in the truck. Never thought about it that
way.



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-------- Original message --------
From: Michael Suwczinsky 
Date: 1/21/20 21:17 (GMT-05:00)
To: old tools new server 
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Stanley 55 dating and restoring

It works with 4x4 lumber at the Borg too. When I built my Doug Fir
workbench, the 16 foot lumber was far nicer than anything in the 8 foot
racks. Straighter grain, fewer, tighter knots. A lot closer to quarter
sawn, than the shorter stuff. There were some sawing decisions made in the
Home Depot parking lot.

Michael

Ed Minchwrote:

> I used his method in building a bench 12 years ago.  I got 14” Yellow Pine
> 2 X 12’s at a Blowes or Homr Cheapo and ripped them into thirds and edge
> glued them together to make a 7 foot bench.  Fantistical.
>
> Ed Minch
>
> > On Jan 20, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Joseph Sullivan 
> wrote:
> >
> > SNIP:
> Just imagine trying to find a 10 foot or more piece of wood with straight
> grain the full length in a modern lumber yard.
> >
> > END SNIP
> >
> > Well, yes and no.
> >
> > The Chris Schwartz method of getting straight grain lumber for
> workbenches works pretty well, although a bit spendy.  The idea is to buy
> wide lumber -- say nominal 12".
>
--
Michael
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