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Probably not very deep, Al, one or two shavings and you are back to how it looked in the beginning after it dried initially. Sometimes with wood that has been used hard, like table tops, it is a debate whether to resurface them or not. You can easily get back to nice and clean with no scars...

Cedar seems to be one of the rarer woods that way, unlike most, it is prettier new than when aged. I think more a tendency of some softwoods than hard. They lose that initial crispness of color as they age, get sort of drab. If you kept polishing them it would probably help, at least in...

I like it too! Thanks MB, I can use that. What software do you use to do that? For a porch that lets in some rain, Red cedar would last. They might blow away in a good wind though.

Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment. :) Actually, good designed chairs do look better, or at least more complete, when being used, and people look better too, in nice chairs, at least to my eye. At an exhibition, I try to tell people how nice they look when sitting in a chair, some body...

I'd bring you beer and go bonkers, Al. I figure that if you are going to be making something out of wood, with some exceptions, since the time factor doesn't much change, might as well use some good material.

I always milled my logs myself when in Cali, so I don't know what a mill charges out there. Here, mills are everywhere, or at least were, up to a few years ago. A lot of people will purchase logs, from a faller or at an auction, and have them transported to a mill to be cut to their...

I'm thinking that you don't want to sell to mills, but to the users of the wood directly. Guys I used to know who did that, even if they didn't have an immediate buyer, they would keep the logs in a way to prevent rotting, as more likely than not, a purchaser would eventually come along...

I have a hard time understanding why logs don't sell easier for you guys, unless you aren't getting the word out when they are available. I'd recommend contacting any woodworking associations in your area, and they often have a newsletter that goes out to members. If there are no mills in the...