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I once got some used wood for free from Craigslist…somebody gave away his fathers old scraps. One piece was a 2x4 from 1982, from RONA (a Canadian store) and i
by hasmanean 3y ago
I once got some used wood for free from Craigslist…somebody gave away his fathers old scraps.
One piece was a 2x4 from 1982, from RONA (a Canadian store) and it a very beautiful piece of pine. It was exactly 2” by 4”, and straight grain. Obviously it was air-dried by then :)
Now it might have been from the select pine section of the store, not SPF construction lumber.
Pine ought to be treasured, not tested as a garbage wood like we do nowadays. If it were scarce it would be priceless.
- eropple 3y agoI don't know about "treasured", but pine is nice! The main thing is that it's soft. Furniture made from pine will dent if you look at it. My coffee table is something I made early on when I was learning and it's made of white fir, which isn't far off mechanically from pine; the grain lines are dramatic when stained and it looks really cool, but you have to baby it similar to a white pine. I am a big fan of ash, but the bugs are going to make that very hard to source going forward.
- comprambler 3y agoThe biggest gatekeep by the lumber industry is that a 2x4 is not two inches by four. It is close to 1-3/4 by 3-3/4.
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- eropple 3y agoThis claim doesn't make sense. Every store I've seen in the last five years includes nominal sizing of their dimensional lumber (which, for a 2x4, is generally a quarter off on every side, not an eighth)--and if you are buying dimensional lumber for its dimensions other than length, you either know what you're doing (I buy 2x8s and mill them sometimes) or you're doing it wrong.