[Grateful Farmers]

Hello,
Thank you all for the very thorough and helpful responses. I am encouraged by your advice. My woodworking skills are intermediate and my tools are mostly older but I am confident I could make a solid body electric. Acoustic and hollow bodies will have to wait until I have a nicer workshop setup. I realize many figured woods are more difficult to work with or take longer to work. That doesn’t bother me for the body. I’ll take your advice and stick to quarter sawn maple for the neck.

I have done a fair amount of horse logging in the past but do not currently have any dry wood thats been skid by horses (big pile from local loggers who drop off)
I was hoping one of the full time horse loggers worked with a kiln or someone had some seasoned maple in the firewood pile because I didn’t want to wait the year for it to dry… Although I just picked up an inexpensive used start to keep me busy for awhile.

Thanks again for all the great input

[Grateful Farmers]

Hello everyone
Thank you all for your interest. After visiting with Jake and Emma from the Lawrenceville School we believe we have found a good match for our team. While we are saddened by the thought of letting them go we are pleased they will have a good home nearby where we will be able to visit them on occasion (and lend a helping hand). Thank you dap net for being such a rare and priceless resource for all those who want to work with draft animals. I will update this post as things progress and look forward to following Jakes posts on here as well.

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