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Hit 500 board feet of reclaimed oak stripped and ready this year
I just tallied my shop notes and realized I've prepped over 500 board feet of reclaimed oak since January. It's all from a single old barn I'm breaking down. The number shocked me because every piece needed hours of hand scraping and chemical stripping to get past the old paint and grime. I guess the hours just added up without me noticing. Anyone else get blindsided by their own production totals?
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jasonf1710d ago
Actually, board feet is the right way to measure it for solid wood. It's a volume thing, not just length. That's a ton of work to get that much clean stock.
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I used to think counting board feet was just for lumber yards. Then I spent a whole summer pulling nails and planing old pine from a shed. When I stacked it all at the end, I had enough for a new floor and a workbench. The pile looked small, but the tally told a different story. It really makes you see the value in all that quiet, dusty work.
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