Wood of the Chestnut Tree

Rather than using a planer and sharpening knives (or chemicals) you might
consider an abrasive planer which uses sanding belts. Un-fazed by paint or the
occasional nail.


>Subject: Wood of the Chestnut Tree
>From: Jay Pique [email protected]
>Date: 11/16/2004 5:54 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>
>We're doing a major renovation of a big old house, and in the process
>are ripping out quite a bunch of chestnut. Some of it is in pretty
>good condition, but the bulk of it is 3/4" tongue and groove paneling
>- with "several" coats of paint on the face.
>
>Is it worth the time/effort/$$$ to try and reclaim it? Just
>wondering. Neat wood - a few planks are nice and wormy too. (Those
>I'll definitely keep.)

Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> We're doing a major renovation of a big old house, and in the process
> are ripping out quite a bunch of chestnut. Some of it is in pretty
> good condition, but the bulk of it is 3/4" tongue and groove paneling
> - with "several" coats of paint on the face.
>
> Is it worth the time/effort/$$$ to try and reclaim it? Just
> wondering. Neat wood - a few planks are nice and wormy too. (Those
> I'll definitely keep.)
>
> JP

Definitely worth nothing. Too hazardous to burn, even, with all that
paint. Tell you what I'll do, though. Tell me where you're piling it
up, and I'll work on disposing of it for you for, what say, $100/ton
as hazmat. :')

If you're gonna be pig-headed about it :>') you could pass it through
a stripper bath, scan it for metal, plane it, and make some really
handsome things from it.

John

Plane it, avoid the chemicals, sharpen the knives.
Wilson
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We're doing a major renovation of a big old house, and in the process
> are ripping out quite a bunch of chestnut. Some of it is in pretty
> good condition, but the bulk of it is 3/4" tongue and groove paneling
> - with "several" coats of paint on the face.
>
> Is it worth the time/effort/$$$ to try and reclaim it? Just
> wondering. Neat wood - a few planks are nice and wormy too. (Those
> I'll definitely keep.)
>
> JP

"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> We're doing a major renovation of a big old house, and in the process
> are ripping out quite a bunch of chestnut. Some of it is in pretty
> good condition, but the bulk of it is 3/4" tongue and groove paneling
> - with "several" coats of paint on the face.
>
> Is it worth the time/effort/$$$ to try and reclaim it? Just
> wondering. Neat wood - a few planks are nice and wormy too. (Those
> I'll definitely keep.)

There's not much chestnut left these days that is not salvaged and the last
I saw a few years back was going, depending upon width, anywhere from $4 -
$8/bf. Probably higher now, but definitely worth saving what you can, IMO.
Personally, I would take it all, and find a place to store it.

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:54:09 -0500, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:

>We're doing a major renovation of a big old house, and in the process
>are ripping out quite a bunch of chestnut. Some of it is in pretty
>good condition, but the bulk of it is 3/4" tongue and groove paneling
>- with "several" coats of paint on the face.
>
>Is it worth the time/effort/$$$ to try and reclaim it? Just
>wondering. Neat wood - a few planks are nice and wormy too. (Those
>I'll definitely keep.)
>
>JP

Definitely good to keep. I have been looking for some chestnut,
hopefully I'll build a chestnut casket before I die. :-)

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:24:40 GMT, "Wilson" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Plane it, avoid the chemicals, sharpen the knives.
>Wilson

The more I read about it, the more I'm looking forward to working with
it. The house was acquired by it's namesake in 1862, but I'm not sure
exactly when it was built. Apparently sometime when Chestnut trees
were still around.

JP