Look at my wood (woodworking) part deux
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What'd that run you, like $60 at Tractor Supply?
Haha.
Free.
I have a customer that insists on 8x10x8' solid cedar mantles. So I buy 10x10 as they are more readily available. The off-fall nets me a 2x10x8' which is what I built this from.
So we're clear, the door looks absolutely great, wouldn't be my choice of stain but each to their own.
Yeah. The stain ended up way darker than I wanted. Fuck it. I'll do a new one in 2 or 3 years.
All cedar. Ripped from 2 different boards. Alternated dark and light on the bottom panel because I got bored.
Cedar is usually great at taking stain consistently throughout. Not often you get the nice flame look between grains that take more stain than the other, which pine/spruce is notorious for.
Good call on alternating boards, great look and contrast
Thanks.
It looks better now. Pic was taken when it was still wet/blotchy. But I do still wish I'd gone lighter on the color. The rest of the porch is painted though - so the door will stand out for sure. Will post a pic when I get it hung.
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HELL.
NO.
I actually have the opportunity to buy a bunch of that material for about $0.20 on the dollar but I'm not going to do it. Stuff is a pain in the ass to work with - plus you still have to maintain it. I'm going composite.
The wife wants a mini-shed to hide the garbage cans. I might make that out of Ipe. Maybe.
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It's just so damn hard. Rough on tools. Can't drive a nail through it so everything has to either be grooved (hidden fastener - deckboards) or pre-drilled.
It is a pretty wood though.
Shit is so dense it sinks. LMAO.
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It has the same fire rating as steel.
none of those things bother me. I guess I’m weird.
I don't love composite - but it's come a long way in the last 10 years or so.
Refinishing a deck every other year is no-bueno. I'm done with that shit.
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