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If you're making 2x4 lumber you cut 2x4, someone else planes it down to the final, finished size. One can use rough cut lumber for building but it throws off e
by genewitch 5y ago
If you're making 2x4 lumber you cut 2x4, someone else planes it down to the final, finished size.
One can use rough cut lumber for building but it throws off everything a half inch at a time, so your final wall may not fit or be attached.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoUsually the same mill will do both jobs. Raw logs in one end, skids of wrapped 2xs out the other end. Some friends of mine work in one such saw mill, and 10+ years ago I did a tour and saw every stage of the operation. It was quite cool.