doug hodder wrote:Lawryn....please don't get me wrong...I'm not against pine....I only used it as it was the least expensive material for me to work with while I was learning my woodworking techniques.....in my tear, I used a lot of recycled pine for structural stuff. It was painted and I pulled the nails out of it to make it usable....I used to run a small sawmill in the 70's and cut tons of pine 1x6 out of beetle kill for interior paneling...incredible blue staining in it....I still have some of it...as I ran the mill and could cull out all the premium boards for my own projects....I am not anti Pine....Doug
Never thought you were anti pine Doug.......
It was the mention of early work in pine that brought up memories I felt like shareing. Actually straightening those old nails were my intorduction to metal work as much as the pine was to woodwork.
It's all good.........
