Julian the woodnut

I will be getting 60 2 1/2x12x24' out of a buiding in Chicago that are about 100 years old. That's about 3300 board feet of some nice old growth fir. Now I just need to figure out exactly what to do with it........Maybe make some flooring, some furniture, and add on to my shop? I am excited to see what it looks like!

firehawkmph

Sounds like an adventure Julian.
Better wave one of those metal detectors over each one before sending it through any machinery. The other thing I have run into with the old wood in century homes is sometimes it almost gets petrified with age. Sounds like a lot of lumber, so think up a good project once you get it and post some pics. That would probably take me a few sixpacks of Sam Adams blackberry witbier and some gazing upon the pile to figure out what I was going to do with it.
Mike Hawkins

Julian the woodnut

Yes, that is the one tool that I don't have yet, a metal detector, but I will definitely need one. The possibilities are endless with material that thick. I'm thinking about building a new dining room set out of it for starters. I'll let the wood tell me what it should be after that.