http://americanwoodworker.com/forums/2422.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)http://americanwoodworker.com/forums/thread/40242.aspxThu, 17 Jan 2013 17:09:53 GMTf5d4cb8b-9fb3-4c0a-bdc0-3814c4db8d93:40242Dave Boyt0http://americanwoodworker.com/forums/thread/40242.aspxhttp://americanwoodworker.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2422&PostID=40242<p>Nice. &nbsp;I&#39;m not familiar with double 5 Dutch lapping, but it gave you some nice boards. If you don&#39;t watch out, you&#39;ll be looking at sawmills. I salvage logs, and would love to get some old barn wood!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://americanwoodworker.com/forums/thread/11907.aspxWed, 22 Dec 2010 15:15:09 GMTf5d4cb8b-9fb3-4c0a-bdc0-3814c4db8d93:11907Steve Newman0http://americanwoodworker.com/forums/thread/11907.aspxhttp://americanwoodworker.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2422&PostID=11907<p>Sometimes, old barn wood siding CAN be re-used.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I had some that used to be double 5 dutch-lap siding.&nbsp;&nbsp; I found I could rip off the Tongue &amp; Groove edges, plane the siding flat ( or at least until most of it was flat), do a rip down the middle, and have some real nice Doug.Fir boards.&nbsp;&nbsp; Once you get by the gray on the outside, the wood is a nice deep reddish brown.&nbsp; Try it sometime.<a href="http://americanwoodworker.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/2422/7418.SDC10164.JPG"><img src="http://americanwoodworker.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/2422/7418.SDC10164.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://americanwoodworker.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/2422/7181.SDC10253.JPG"><img src="http://americanwoodworker.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/2422/7181.SDC10253.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>