I am looking for 7"-8" diameter wooden posts that are smooth and with no
cracks (or few). As far as length they could be anywhere from 3-8 feet
long. Need them untreated. Most fence/corner posts are pretty rough and
split. Any sources appreciated.

buck wrote:

I am looking for 7"-8" diameter wooden posts that are smooth and with no
cracks (or few). As far as length they could be anywhere from 3-8 feet
long. Need them untreated. Most fence/corner posts are pretty rough and
^^^^^^^^^
split. Any sources appreciated.


Well that rules out cutting down a power pole and chopping
it up.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Committees keep minutes and lose hours.





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Both RR ties and phone poles are treated with creosote, at least all
the ones I've seen. Creosote is poisonous, when the wood is burned or
reduced to airborne sawdust.
What about salvaged beams? I recall a company in Utah that had removed
an abandoned RR bridge and was selling the lumber, some of it 8x12
untreated cedar and or redwood. They have a web site, but I seem to
have lost the link. Oddly, woodfinder.com does not come up either. I
think that's the site through which I found these guys.
Good luck

Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 7:30am (EST-2) (buck)
explains:
Well, I will be using them to make some martial arts dummies so they
need to be somewhat near a smooth configuration with little/no
splitting. snip

Loads of options, no prob.
One, use a live dummy, should be plenty of those around.
Two, get a chunk of tree trunk, usually plenty available anywhere
they're building.
Three, glue together some 2X12s, then plane them round. Or, 2X4s,
whatever is availble.
Four, make a hollow one.
Five, a section of padded metal pipe.
Six, cut out a bunch of plywood circles and glue them in a stack.
Seven, use "your" imagination.



JOAT
Some is good, more is better, too much is just enough.
- Unknown

thanks James.... cool looking stuff at the web site....

Yeah, I'm considering doing a timber framed out-building to house my shop.
I figured I'd buy the beams from these guys and do all
the joinery etc... myself. Just trying to a) justify the cost and b) come
up with the $$!
Cheers,
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thanks James.... cool looking stuff at the web site....