I agree about the guns. But I will say I spent every other weekend for four years harvesting downed trees, milling the logs, kiln drying, planing, and installing oak, elm, and pecan wall boards in a 2,400 square foot house. Since then I've added aromatic cedar and hickory to the list of woods I've worked with. Sometimes what I see as a flaw in the wood is seen by another as a thing of beauty. I have a work bench that I made from 2 x 4 pine studs that I got a deal on from the owner of a 90 year old house in the Heights area of Houston. The house was being remodled. The East Texas yellow pine had been in the walls of the un-air-conditioned house the entire time. I can hit that bench full force with a claw hamer and the wood will not dent. I finished it with six coats of tung oil.
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