A worthwhile project

caveman · March 31, 2024, 08:14:35 AM

A few days ago, a fellow who was a friend of my parents for years got in touch with me. He was asking if John and I would provide the wood for some doors that he is building. These will be part of a historical restoration of a schoolhouse in Myakka City, Fl. Ironically, the guy heading up the restoration project is my Uncle Walter Carlton.

There are three doors that need to be built. He collected enough pine yesterday to do one. Gary, the guy building the doors, said that they will be painted so it was not really important that heart pine be used. We gave him some pretty nice old pine and offered to provide the rest needed for the other doors.

The Carlton side of my family has been in that area since around the 1850's. A lot of Carlton's began their formal education in that building. I hope to get some pictures of the finished project.

Brad_bb · March 31, 2024, 05:05:34 PM

I love the dense tight ringed pine, but get so little of it. I watch for people discarding 2x material where there are old houses. Sometimes when they renovate, they remove dense pine boards that I've picked up.