Re: Hardwood Supply


Some decades ago a pal of mine who is a fanatical woodworker went to
Africa to teach for two years, Tanzania. When he was about to
return he bought a whole bunch of real interesting wood, and had it
carefully made into extra-heavy-duty shipping crates in which to
return his household goods, and by carefully I mean he plotted out
every screw and nail hole. Of course when he got back he dismantled
the crates and stacked the wood on racks, he's still building stuff
out of it all these years later. I hate to think what some of those
slabs are worth today.

Brilliant! _ing Brilliant!

What surprised me is nobody in Customs thought to wonder why his crates were
made of 2" and 3" slabs of wood. I'd have expected them to charge him
import duty on hardwoods, but he got it all in under the radar just for the
cost of shipping. He brought back a lot of cool furniture too, his
seats-eight dining-room table is a slab of some African hardwood that must
be 4" thick, all hand-carved. Clever ***. ;~)


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