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william kossack

08/08/2007 9:43 PM

master carpenter in South Georgia

I talked to a friend the other day.

Completed a new house near Augusta. Purchased a mantel for his fire
place made from salvage pine cut before the civil war but discovered
bugs coming out of it after it was installed. He is now looking for a
replacement.

Unfortunately, I'm located half way across the country and I really
don't have the tools to do the job. He needs the help from someone that
can help him select mill and install a new mantel to match the rest of
the room which I have not seen (probably lots of pine).

Any suggestions?


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TT

"Toller"

in reply to william kossack on 08/08/2007 9:43 PM

09/08/2007 4:08 AM


"william kossack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I talked to a friend the other day.
>
> Completed a new house near Augusta. Purchased a mantel for his fire place
> made from salvage pine cut before the civil war but discovered bugs coming
> out of it after it was installed. He is now looking for a replacement.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm located half way across the country and I really don't
> have the tools to do the job. He needs the help from someone that can
> help him select mill and install a new mantel to match the rest of the
> room which I have not seen (probably lots of pine).
>
> Any suggestions?

Couldn't he kill the bugs?

JJ

in reply to "Toller" on 09/08/2007 4:08 AM

09/08/2007 12:49 AM

Thu, Aug 9, 2007, 4:08am (EDT+4) [email protected] (Toller) doth query:
Couldn't he kill the bugs?

I'd suggest a large rubber mallet, so it won't leave hammer dings.

Or, I suppose he could call Terminex.



JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso

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william kossack

in reply to "Toller" on 09/08/2007 4:08 AM

09/08/2007 7:30 AM

I guess these were large critters.

He does like the old bullet that was exposed when the wood was milled
but being a bit of a perfectionist he wants it replaced

J T wrote:
> Thu, Aug 9, 2007, 4:08am (EDT+4) [email protected] (Toller) doth query:
> Couldn't he kill the bugs?
>
> I'd suggest a large rubber mallet, so it won't leave hammer dings.
>
> Or, I suppose he could call Terminex.
>
>
>
> JOAT
> I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
> them.
> - Picasso
>

JJ

in reply to william kossack on 09/08/2007 7:30 AM

09/08/2007 3:26 PM

Thu, Aug 9, 2007, 7:30am (EDT-2) [email protected]
(william=A0kossack) doth sayeth:
I guess these were large critters.
He does like the old bullet that was exposed when the wood was milled
but being a bit of a perfectionist he wants it replaced

In that case a .38 special, with wadcuttes, should work just fine.

"Perfectionist" is not the word I would have used.



JOAT
I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do
them.
- Picasso


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