MOTM

My momma di'n' raise no foo! <g>

I agree, I can't get over the years of training to hold every piece of wood
up to the light, look down the beam, etc. when choosing woods. And to make a
big mess in the aisle while pulling the bin apart. Not to say that this gets
me anywhere, but I feel it's my duty to TRY to get the least offensive piece
of wood.

Cherry ply sounds *fantastic*! Someone should make this!!!

If I was smart I would have bought my wood two years ago when I started this
and then let it sit in the house drying out all this time.


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	mate_stubb@... [mailto:mate_stubb@...] 
Sent:	Wednesday, 21 February, 2001 4:01 PM
To:	motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[motm] Re: Speaking of Wood Cabs...

ROFLMAO!!! Exactly my situation! A very Stoogely bit of humor, Mr T!

Although actually, we don't have Home Depot here, just Lowe's. And 
there's no maple either, just soft poplar (except that THEY seem to 
think it's a hardwood).

I can't bring myself to buy solid hardwood through mail order - I 
guess it is ingrained into me that I must inspect an entire bin of 
wood to pick the least disgusting one...

That's why I picked the birch plywood for my project. There are no 
warping worries as with some green solid hardwoods. It's easy to 
work, and looks lovely when stained. I prefer the grain pattern of 
birch to oak, which I find coarse and uninteresting. Now if I could 
get cherry veneered plywood, I'm there! The plywood edges are easily 
covered with rolls of birch veneer strips, which come with heat 
activated glue already applied. You just use an iron to apply them - 
it goes on easily and sticks tenaciously.

And did I mention you can buy all this stuff at Lowe's? And that 
Lowe's is my only stinkin choice?

Moe
(who in his youth was able to work with 100 year old walnut beams 
recycled from old barns. Sigh.)