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Brewery Reclaims Ocean Heritage in Bar Top

Ship-Wreck timbers, mid-installation — Ship-Wreck Timber Bar, mid-installation at the Diamond Knot Brewpub in Mountlake Terrace, photo by Sherry

Basically brined in salt water, these beams are heavy and still carry some of the ocean’s bottom on their skins. Shells, sand, spots where decayed chain rotted away, colors of iron and bits of rocks defiantly cling to their sides. This, my friends, spells love. Running my hands along the rough surface, I could feel the ocean’s hold.

-Sherry, Diamond Knot Craft Brewing, a Pacific Northwest Timbers customer

We love when our customers really GET IT, and are as excited about our lumber as we are! Recently Sherry, the “Chief Storyteller” and “All-Around Octopus” at Diamond Knot Craft Brewing, made a visit to our sister company, Pacific Northwest Timbers in Port Townsend, Washington, looking for a new bar top with an old soul. Sherry walked away with one of our 12x 24″ ‘Big Sticks’ out of Port of Stockton for the Diamond Knot’s Mukilteo, Washington Alehouse, and came back for one of our Ship Timbers for the bar in their Brew Pub in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

Diamond Knot is named for a ship that wrecked off the coast of Washington in 1947, much like the Canadian Exporter that took our Ship Timbers down to the ocean floor in 1921. You can read about Sherry’s experience finding her bar tops and falling in love with the Ship Timbers here in the Diamond Knot Blog.

Our remaining ship timbers, salvaged from the wreck of the Canadian Exporter, are in the following dimensions:

~~18X18X20′ (PNT)~~	20×20″x5’4″ (PNT)	18×8″x24′ (CRL)
~~18X18X20’3″ (PNT)~~	20×20″x35’9″ (PNT)	20×20’x24′ (CRL)
~~18X18X20’8″ (PNT)~~	20×20″x40′ (PNT)	20×20″x26′ (CRL)
~~18X18X21’3″ (PNT)~~	20×20″x22’7″ (PNT)	22×22″x26′ (CRL)
~~18X18X22’4″ (PNT)~~	22×22″x22′ (PNT)
~~18X18X23’5″ (PNT)~~	24×24″x38’11” (PNT)
~~18X18X24’8″ (PNT)~~
~~18X18X30″ (PNT)~~
18X18X41′ (PNT)

Timbers with ~~strikethru~~ have been sold since the writing of this article.

Posted: January 14, 2014 by Marc

Thank You for a Great 2013!

This old patina wire brushed Douglas Fir paneling and siding was our most popular product in 2013

As we venture into 2014, we at Crossroads Recycled Lumber want to express our gratitude for the past year. Two years ago the economy was in a very bad place, and our company was just keeping its head above the water.

Today, Crossroads has ten employees – that’s the most we have had in our 32 years of recycling lumber. Each year the company seems to be getting bigger and better, and we could not do it without the support of all of you out there. So, Thank You!

First and foremost we want to thank our families for supporting us, for bringing love and joy into our lives, and for making it possible for us to do what we do best: provide our customers with beautiful reclaimed wood products.

Thank you to our customers for making responsible choices in building products that help preserve our natural resources and that honor the labors of the past. Thank you especially, because your business supports our amazing, hard-working crew and their families, including 17 school-age children and infants in a small, rural community.

Thank you to the loggers and millwrights of the past, who worked hard and often risked their lives to provide the lumber that built America many years ago, and is still as solid and usable today as back then.

A special thank you to building owners, demolition companies, and local governments that choose reuse and reclamation over conventional waste for their old buildings.

And a big thank you also to all the other people along the way who make what we do possible: truckers, machinists, Richard our saw filer who has provided us with 45 years of valuable sawmill experience, folks at the head of the sustainability movement, and all of you out there who appreciate the look, feel, and history of our old wood. Happy New Year!

Sincerely,

The Crossroads Team

Posted: January 7, 2014 by Marc

FOR SALE: Miscellaneous Siding & Paneling

Miscellaneous off-cuts and jacket boards for paneling and rough siding.

“Jacket boards” are what we call the old patina strips we cut off of beams when we re-saw them to make them look new.

May be thick or thin, from 3/8” to 1-1/4” with various widths. Minimum 500 SF @ $0.25 and up, depending on condition.

Posted: December 16, 2013 by Marc

FOR SALE: Saw Blades for Art or Display

Large bandsaw blades from the old North Fork Mill
(8) 8″ wide x 25′-6″ long; 1-1/4 tooth spacing
(4) 6″ x 27′ long; 1-3/4 tooth spray
These are for display only – not for equipment use. We can cut to order.

$150 each

Posted: December 16, 2013 by Marc

FOR SALE: 2X6 and 2X12 Roughcut Doug Fir 11′-12′

2x6x11’ to 12’ and 2x12x11’ to 12’ Roughcut Douglas Fir $1.50/BF ($18 each for 2X6X12, $36 each for 2X12X12)

These are salvaged from a Papermill in Hollister, CA.

There is some type of oil on them, so they are no good for interior use, but very nice stock for exterior.

Posted: December 16, 2013 by Marc

FOR SALE: Miscellaneous Beams

Truckload of miscellaneous as-is beams of all sizes. Mostly Douglas Fir but could include other species. Varying quality: Some painted, some not, some structural, some non-structural. This is ideal for folks building a barn, house, stage set, or other specialty project who want a lot of odds and ends. Contact us for details 559-877-3645 or info@crossroadslumber.com.

Minimum 5000 Board Foot purchase @ $0.75/board foot

Full load of 16,000 BF @ $0.60/BF

Size and condition may vary with time of year and our inventory.

Posted: December 11, 2013 by Marc

FOR SALE: White Glu-Lams

GLULAM BEAMS are a timber product comprised of a number of layers of dimensional timber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives.

We are offering:
5″ x 20″ x 20′ reclaimed glulam beams at $80 each / 25 total in stock 3 BEAM MINIMUM PURCHASE
7″ x 20″ x 20′ reclaimed glulam beams at $120 each / 25 total in stock 2 BEAM MINIMUM PURCHASE
Take all 50 beams for $3000!

Posted: April 1, 2013 by Marc

Big Timbers from Forks, Washington

At Crossroads we often document the historical origin of our material. It can be a challenging task to get an accurate history about structures and businesses that have been dismantled. We recently had an order for one of our large timbers from furniture maker William Stranger. William was thrilled with the beauty of the wood and wanted to know its story.

Russ Gammon, Marc Mandel, & John Hunt — Russ Gammon (IGL) Marc Mandel (CRL) and John Hunt at a McMillan Bloedell Sawmill teardown in Port Alberni, BC 1996

In this case, Marc Mandel, owner of Crossroads, was the perfect data source. When asked about the history of the lumber he responded from memory,

“That 12x18x24’ Fir timber has an interesting story. It originally came from Forks, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. We called the wood the “Forks Clear”. In 1995, a friend in the reclaimed wood business, John Hunt (ReTech Wood Products) was hiking in the woods and spotted some old mossy logs that loggers had left long ago.

Posted: February 13, 2013 by Marc

Historic Pen Collaboration

CRL recently supplied The Historic Pen Company with a sample pack of some of our most prestigious and legendary materials including Stanford Gym, San Quentin Prison Hospital, Warner Brothers Studio, The San Francisco Presidio, Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Factory, and exotic Borneo Ironwood from monsoon blow-down.

Pens are limited editions made from wood or timbers that were part of a historic site that witnessed the history that we only read about. Accompanying each pen is a Certificate of Authentication detailing the provenance. The pens are made with artisan precision that represent the historic site.

We are proud to be part of a process that captures a period of time to create a timeless work of art.

Posted: January 18, 2013 by Marc

Heidelberg Brewery Leaves Lumber Legacy

Douglas Fir 14X20, 16X20, 12 to 15 foot lengths from Heidelberg Brewery in Tacoma, WA — Douglas Fir 14X20, 16X20, 12 to 15 foot lengths
from Heidelberg Brewery in Tacoma, WA

A stroll through the Crossroads Recycled Lumber yard with a well-informed salesperson is a lesson in California state history. From early California adobe homes, to rural sawmills, to glamorous Hollywood movie studios, our lumber represents the people of the Golden State and the stories of their lives. With Pacific Northwest Timbers in its 3rd year, we are thrilled to be stacking up a warehouse of Washington State History, as well!

In 2011 Pacific Northwest Timbers received a shipment of high-quality large-dimension Douglas Fir timbers from the Columbia-Heidelberg Brewery in Tacoma. The timbers include 10×16, 14×20 and 16×20 posts and beams that are currently for sale at the PNT yard in Port Townsend. Like the rest of our inventory, these sticks have a remarkable story to tell.

Posted: January 15, 2013 by Marc