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Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
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Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
I just browsed the hardwood area of one area Menards for the first time in a year. One special piece did follow me home... not too bad for a touch over $10!
Chris
Chris
Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
Beautiful board. A few years ago I was in need of a couple of sheets of oak plywood when I went to Menards. I found a beautiful sheet on the pile that had tiger stripes through most of the sheet. Naturally I bought that one. I made a cedar chest from it and it now sits in my bedroom. Looking through wood at the stores is like panning for gold. You never know when it is time to strike it.
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robinson46176
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Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
I mostly shop Menards at South Emerson Ave. and Southport Road. Either there or at the Columbus Indiana store. Southport is the closest, next closest is probably Pendleton Pike off I-465 but I've not been there since they put up the new store. I like Menards pretty well, especially for tools and hardware. For construction lumber I like Lowes. I normally only go to Home Depot when I am shopping for something in particular like my AC / heat pump or the new carpet we had put down last fall.
One reason I usually got to Southport is that Menards and Home Depot are practically across the street from each other and if they don't have what I want, Lowes is quite close down around the corner at Greenwood.
If I were to go to a store like Home Depot at Greenfield IN (close for me) and they don't have what I want I'm still maybe 25 miles away from any other big box store.
If anyone wonders about places named "Green something" just 20 minutes south-east of me is the town of Greensburg and much farther west of me is Greencastle.
Probably more than anyone wanted to know.
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One reason I usually got to Southport is that Menards and Home Depot are practically across the street from each other and if they don't have what I want, Lowes is quite close down around the corner at Greenwood.
If I were to go to a store like Home Depot at Greenfield IN (close for me) and they don't have what I want I'm still maybe 25 miles away from any other big box store.
If anyone wonders about places named "Green something" just 20 minutes south-east of me is the town of Greensburg and much farther west of me is Greencastle.
Probably more than anyone wanted to know.
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
Farmer,
I always am amazed at Indiana town names. It's like a bingo-card:
Green-
White-
Brown-
Hunting-
-Burg
-Town
-Castle
-Field
- Chris
I always am amazed at Indiana town names. It's like a bingo-card:
Green-
White-
Brown-
Hunting-
-Burg
-Town
-Castle
-Field
- Chris
Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
Getting back to this lucky find...
Some woods look best when quartersawn. However I've had past tiger-maple, and now this mystery mahogany, which was very much flatsawn to show the striping. So this wood did a lot of bowing in the last 6 months as it acclimated in my shop.
I'm just now working up a scheme to use it. It's along the lines of the Scrap-Bin Scrap-Bin and Viking Tool Chest postings I've made a couple months ago.
I like composing pieces and adjusting them gradually:
Chris
Some woods look best when quartersawn. However I've had past tiger-maple, and now this mystery mahogany, which was very much flatsawn to show the striping. So this wood did a lot of bowing in the last 6 months as it acclimated in my shop.
I'm just now working up a scheme to use it. It's along the lines of the Scrap-Bin Scrap-Bin and Viking Tool Chest postings I've made a couple months ago.
I like composing pieces and adjusting them gradually:
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rjent
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Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
What gorgeous wood!
You say it is mahogany?
You say it is mahogany?
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
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500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
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And a plethora of small stuff .....
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
Dick,
Yes, it is from the mahogany section at Menard's. It's probably one of the African woods "like mahogany", which is almost all that can be sold any more for new wood. Their whole pile had a bunch of plain boards and then this one
Yes, it is from the mahogany section at Menard's. It's probably one of the African woods "like mahogany", which is almost all that can be sold any more for new wood. Their whole pile had a bunch of plain boards and then this one
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This was a basic project, now ready for a basic housewarming gift.
Sometimes simple is fun!
Chris
Sometimes simple is fun!
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JPG
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Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
WOW! That really turned out nice!!! Hope the recipient appreciates it's uniqueness.
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ChrisNeilan
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Re: Menards: Put a Tiger in your Tank ?
Love it! What are the dimensions?
Chris Neilan
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Shopsmith Mark 7, Shopsmith Mark V 1982, shortened, Shopsmith 10 ER; Craftsman table saw (1964); Powermatic 3520B lathe