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Home Depot Lumber
- Thread starter newyorkiddo
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Ok, that makes sense. I know the flat panels were pretty useless for me, but I can imagine the the posts being solid. Any idea what kind of wood?
The backposts in the one I wreck....reclaimed were ash. The sound board was spruce and thick enough to make a nice drop top for a tele. Most of the other large panels were veneer over glued up poplar.
Thanks guys for all the input.
I bought pine and cedar and a birch plywood to use as a top. Body is shaped like a mix between a jaguar and a precision. It's a semi hollow build. The way I'm looking at it, it's just wood holding hardware and electronics, so it's just my way of passing time. I'll have to buy a dremmel tool and do some work and then I'll post pictures!
I bought pine and cedar and a birch plywood to use as a top. Body is shaped like a mix between a jaguar and a precision. It's a semi hollow build. The way I'm looking at it, it's just wood holding hardware and electronics, so it's just my way of passing time. I'll have to buy a dremmel tool and do some work and then I'll post pictures!
Cool! Dig Jags and semi-hollows, wish Fender would do a semi-hollow Jag bass to match the semi-hollow Geetarrr.
My luthier friend has had me source spruce while I'm in Canada for him, for the braces of acoustic guitar tops – so I imagine at the very least the ol' pianners' spruce soundboards would be welcomed by any luthiers even if you don't end up using it on a bass.
Pains me to think of a couple of pianos that were thrown out recently by neighbours, but I didn't think to reclaim any of the wood. I'd have liked to keep one, but I was moving and by the time I got my own stuff settled, the piano had been out in the rain, heat & humidity for too long. Shozbot.
My luthier friend has had me source spruce while I'm in Canada for him, for the braces of acoustic guitar tops – so I imagine at the very least the ol' pianners' spruce soundboards would be welcomed by any luthiers even if you don't end up using it on a bass.
Pains me to think of a couple of pianos that were thrown out recently by neighbours, but I didn't think to reclaim any of the wood. I'd have liked to keep one, but I was moving and by the time I got my own stuff settled, the piano had been out in the rain, heat & humidity for too long. Shozbot.
it works fine. don't use pine , use maple. bring a bottle of water and a rag, wipe the boards , look for tight grain. I found flamed maple once. check for straight boards. they may charge fifty cents a cut, but mine will even rip boards. good luck.
Just a word of caution, if you want to tear up a piano make sure to loosen up all the tuning pins first. The plate can fold explosively under tension if you start removing too much wood with all the string tension. Or do what I do and run a cut-off wheel on an angle grinder across the strings at the pin block end. The strings will fly like 50 feet away when you chop them. Use eye protection. I've stripped about 30 within the last year alone. We reclaim the ivory, cast iron, screws, lead key weights, etc.
I will pull some back posts next time I get an old upright and see what they are, wood-wise.
I will pull some back posts next time I get an old upright and see what they are, wood-wise.
My local HD carries maple. Nothing over 1" thick, but up to 10" wide and 8 feet long they do.
Hopkins
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I'm constantly finding soft curly maple at the menards by me in IL. I've found some long pieces with fantastic figure, and wide enough for book matched quarter inch tops if you resaw it. They also have khaya although I've never bought any from there since I have an excellent hardwood supplier a few towns over. I always look at the maple whenever I'm at menards though.
I've found a Menards near me (in Kalamazoo, MI) that has soft curly maple, khaya, and black walnut too. I've used all three and have been happy with them, although the khaya isn't necessarily the best you can find.
The nice thing about the menards maple is obviously they don't up charge the figured boards, so it's a great deal.
Yeah, definitely. I was particularly happy about finding this piece of maple (cut in half in the picture)
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and this piece of walnut just sitting there with all the un-figured wood for the same price.
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Almost six years ago, I made my kitchen floor out of pine boards I bought at Lowes.
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It's still holding up beautifully.
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It's still holding up beautifully.
