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Liquor barrels as wood source (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm new to wood working and am looking for relatively cheap sources of wood and was wondering if anybody has ever used used liquor barrels. Are these even cheap? I'd probably use it to make small furniture or planters. Anything I should know in particular or resources I could look into? Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Well here's the real skinny on wood itself, various species and types: I sincerely think you have to learn this by experience. Reading lists or articles about different species and their characteristics has nothing on building a spice rack out of pine, then building the same spice rack out of maple.