Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
edges.

It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.

My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
contractor.

I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
item give a slight different look to the picture frames.

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
<teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:

>On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>> edges.
>>
>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>
>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>> contractor.
>>
>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>
>Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>
>A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>
>This is some of what I bought:
>
>https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>
>A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>
>https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>
>https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>
>Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>

Yep. Many possible scenarios for finding unusual sizes of material.
Many years ago, over a few beers, a buddy told me he had some
walnut sticks collecting dust in his shed so I bought $ 20. worth -
~ 2 - 3 wheelbarrows full - and used them for odd jobs and small
projects for 20 years. They were from a furniture factory -
- 3 1/2 feet long 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 dry and straight.
John T.

On 09/14/2023 7:43 AM, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
> <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>>> edges.
>>>
>>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>>
>>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>>> contractor.
>>>
>>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>>
>> Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>>
>> A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>> I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>> The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>>
>> This is some of what I bought:
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>>
>> A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>>
>> Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>>
>
>
> Yep. Many possible scenarios for finding unusual sizes of material.
> Many years ago, over a few beers, a buddy told me he had some
> walnut sticks collecting dust in his shed so I bought $ 20. worth -
> ~ 2 - 3 wheelbarrows full - and used them for odd jobs and small
> projects for 20 years. They were from a furniture factory -
> - 3 1/2 feet long 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 dry and straight.
> John T.
>
OP: I was HOPING that someone would say that it was a new standard size.

I used it all in making picture frames today, it gives the frame a
different look. (with a half dozen different shaped router bits you are
always looking for ways to make them different.)

I was down at the lumber store the other day and they had 1.5" sizes
that could be ripped, to get the 3/4" size. However as thin as it is, I
am not sure I want to try to rip it.

Would this be something that would be used in the installation of a
knotty pine wall, ie spline between the panels?

Thanks for responding.

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
<teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:

>On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>> edges.
>>
>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>
>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>> contractor.
>>
>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>
>Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>
>A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>
>This is some of what I bought:
>
>https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>
>A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>
>https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>
>https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>
>Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>
It wasn't by chance cedar??? left over from a cesar strip canoe???

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:18:46 -0400, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 09/14/2023 7:43 AM, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
>> <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>>>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>>>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>>>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>>>> edges.
>>>>
>>>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>>>
>>>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>>>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>>>> contractor.
>>>>
>>>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>>>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>>>
>>> Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>>>
>>> A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>>>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>>> I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>>> The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>>>
>>> This is some of what I bought:
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>>>
>>> A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>>>
>>> Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yep. Many possible scenarios for finding unusual sizes of material.
>> Many years ago, over a few beers, a buddy told me he had some
>> walnut sticks collecting dust in his shed so I bought $ 20. worth -
>> ~ 2 - 3 wheelbarrows full - and used them for odd jobs and small
>> projects for 20 years. They were from a furniture factory -
>> - 3 1/2 feet long 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 dry and straight.
>> John T.
>>
>OP: I was HOPING that someone would say that it was a new standard size.
>
>I used it all in making picture frames today, it gives the frame a
>different look. (with a half dozen different shaped router bits you are
>always looking for ways to make them different.)
>
>I was down at the lumber store the other day and they had 1.5" sizes
>that could be ripped, to get the 3/4" size. However as thin as it is, I
>am not sure I want to try to rip it.
>
>Would this be something that would be used in the installation of a
>knotty pine wall, ie spline between the panels?
>
>Thanks for responding.
>
>
You mean battens? Usually more than 3/4 inch wide , but always a
possibility someone wanted something different??

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 22:43:31 -0400, Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca>
wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
><teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>>> edges.
>>>
>>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>>
>>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>>> contractor.
>>>
>>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>>
>>Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>>
>>A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>>I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>>The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>>
>>This is some of what I bought:
>>
>>https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>>
>>A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>>
>>https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>>
>>https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>>
>>Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>>
>It wasn't by chance cedar??? left over from a cesar strip canoe???

Good guess .. I helped a buddy rip those - many years ago.
... for each 2 strips 1 went in saw dust ..
.. then all the long skinny strips were routered for
bead & cove ... gotta love what you do ..
The finished product was something to behold -
not a canoe that I would ever bang off the rocks ..
John T.

On 09/14/2023 10:43 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
> <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>>> edges.
>>>
>>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>>
>>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>>> contractor.
>>>
>>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>>
>> Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>>
>> A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>>from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>> I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>> The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>>
>> This is some of what I bought:
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>>
>> A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>>
>> https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>>
>> Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>>
> It wasn't by chance cedar??? left over from a cesar strip canoe???
It appears to be a pine.

On 09/15/2023 12:05 AM, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 22:43:31 -0400, Clare Snyder <clare@snyder.on.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:28:10 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
>> <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 8:13:29?AM UTC-4, knuttle wrote:
>>>> Several weeks ago we were at our local Restore, and they had a wood size
>>>> I have never seen before. This material was 3/4 X 5/16, similar
>>>> dimensions to standard Screen Door Molding, BUT with square not rounded
>>>> edges.
>>>>
>>>> It was $0.50 /ft and I bought about 80 ft.
>>>>
>>>> My question is the material something new on the market, that is not
>>>> carried by local stores, OR is it overrun from a special order by
>>>> contractor.
>>>>
>>>> I use a lot of screen door molding in making picture frames and this new
>>>> item give a slight different look to the picture frames.
>>>
>>> Species? Lengths? (just curious)
>>>
>>> A few years ago I pick up a bunch of Douglas Fir at a moving sale. It was left over
>> >from when the post and beam house was built and was apparently cut incorrectly.
>>> I don't recall if the owner bought it from the builder or the builder gave it to him.
>>> The homeowner was a hobbyist woodworker and had a nice shop in the basement.
>>>
>>> This is some of what I bought:
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/GF2qOCd.jpg
>>>
>>> A lot of it was used to build a full size bed for my daughter:
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/GTDm9VG.jpg
>>>
>>> https://i.imgur.com/80jaux9.jpg
>>>
>>> Maybe your stuff wasn't an "overrun", maybe it was a "mistake" like my purchase was.
>>>
>> It wasn't by chance cedar??? left over from a cesar strip canoe???
>
>
> Good guess .. I helped a buddy rip those - many years ago.
> .. for each 2 strips 1 went in saw dust ..
> .. then all the long skinny strips were routered for
> bead & cove ... gotta love what you do ..
> The finished product was something to behold -
> not a canoe that I would ever bang off the rocks ..
> John T.
I as I replied above it is probably pine. It is definitely not cedar.

The sawdust is one of the nice things about working with wood. I When I
used the material for the Restore I made 8 picture frames and stretcher.
I had about a gallon of saw dust. Eventually it will go on to the yard.

Another thing I like when doing this is listening to the wood go from
being the sound of a board to a block. I assume the change in the sound
comes from the milling of the decorative groves.