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> This wood breaks screws and bends nails While driving the fastener, or over time while the structure settles? Either way, I can't see how this is a problem

> This wood breaks screws and bends nails While driving the fastener, or over time while the structure settles? Either way, I can't see how this is a problem with the wood itself. The structural design and material properties have to be specified in a compatible way. The only three options are the spec is wrong, the materials are out of spec, or the engineer considers it a non-issue.

ChoGGi 3y ago
While driving. Takes a noticeable amount of work to run it through a table saw compared to what you'd pick up nowadays.
- nunuvit 3y ago
  I had it backwards. I thought you meant the new wood is bad because it breaks fasteners. In any case, is unnecessary to use wood like that.