"C & S" wrote in message
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I harvested some barn wood last summer from neighbor, one long 9x9, some
4x6's and various other sizes.

I assume it's sruce, but that's just a guess. since Timberframes are
typically erected green, there was plenty of checking. There were nails to
remove. In short, lots of waste. I attemped the quarter-saw the beams as
much as possible to present the tightest grain.

It's splintery brittle stuff to work with. The handcut DT's from this
stuff
are pretty sloppy. Dispite that, old-growth reclaimed wood has its charm.



Looks good. The old wood has some charm and you made it into something of
beauty.