Just had to tell someone, 'cuz I'm doing this in total isolation. Laboriously salvaging and pulling nails from ancient wood from demolition that would have otherwise just gone to the dump. Redwood from 1890-1940s California, when they unconscionably cut down trees over a millennium old ;_; light as a feather, stronger than steel. Milled ages ago and structurally unfazed. Only a culture beyond salvation would treat this priceless material like trash.
@neotoy@mastodon.social Hmm, yes. In the early 1980s I lived in a 2-1/2 story 17 room mansion, in West Los Angeles, built when it was the only house in the area in what is now called Mar Vista. 100% redwood, built in 1903, solid, immune to termites, immune to everything. Earthquakes caused some issues with the footings of ths house but it still stands today.
My father taught me about redwood back in the 1960s. Not easy to work with. You have to develop a feel for it. It's a very strange wood. Splinters are brutal. But insects won't touch it. Nothing touches it, from my observations.
