Questions tagged [lumber]
Uses and applications of the common raw material also known as timber (British English, in the US/North America timber refers to standing trees).
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What is the proper configuration of a buzz saw cradle?
I am trying to make my old buzzsaw safer. I suspect that the cradle —the iron hand that holds the log — could be improved. There is no user's manual — both the company and the country where the ...
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Can anyone identify this variety of plywood?
So, I've been at the craft for decades, and I've been stumped about this ever since I came across this.
A few years back, I saw a Facebook Marketplace ad for exotic lumber for sale, and the prices ...
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Not finding trim to match plans
I’m very new to woodworking - I’ve installed a floor and done baseboards, and was thinking for my next project I could build a Little Free Library to improve my skills.
Looking at the example plans on ...
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How to safely cut old lumber with old nails in it?
A friend gave me a bunch of really old lumber (the late 1800s, early 1900s) and they have a bunch of old handmade nails in them which I tried pulling out but half of them broke off in the wood. I ...
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Can I span across 22' without support for an outdoor pergola?
We are building an outdoor pergola and foundation work was done by a contractor who built a cement foundation that is 22' by 12'. I have no idea why he made one side so much larger than another.
Will ...
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Do I need to dry white oak before it can be used for an outdoor balance beam?
I'm planning to build an outdoor balance beam in a 3-part right-angle Z- shape ( ‾‾|__ ) and have access to some fresh-cut white oak (6"x6") which I think will do well outside, but I'm not ...
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Lumber thickness
I want to build Shoji screen door and need to set a frame from lumber pine to hold the door.
Door width 5.5 meters(18 feet), height 2.5 meters (8.1 feet)
Between the left and right lumbers(blue ones) ...
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2 3/4" x 1 1/8" board?
Lumber question for any professional homeowners / handyfolks out there:
I'm replacing a piece of rotted wood on each side of my garage door frame (piece circled in the image). The actual dimensions ...
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Natural pine wood bed has strong chemical odor, why is this and how to stop it?
I threw out my old bed since it was falling apart and this is when it all went downhill. First I got a new bed (upholstered, unfisnished MDF board) that had such a strong odor, it invaded all the ...
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Will 4/4 rough sawn white oak warp over time?
I have a bunch of 9' long by 6" 4/4 rough sawn (flat sawn) white oak in my garage. I'm curious as to whether I should expect it to cup and/or bow over time. It's kiln dried. I have it in stacks, ...
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Notching and dimensioning a lot of 2x lumber to a specific size
I need to cut 32 of these:
They're 2x8's, each a foot long, with a corner removed. I'm hoping to cut them safely and efficiently. I thought about running them across the table saw, maybe 3 or 4 at ...
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Simple Joint for 2x4 frame to 2x4 post?
I'm finishing up plans to build a rather large, and relatively rough (i.e. this project is more carpentry than woodworking), workbench out of standard 2x4 SYP lumber and MDF for the benchtop and ...
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Black Walnut logs - comparing value as a unique feature in home vs. cash
About a month ago, I had a black walnut tree felled in my back yard (downtown Lansing, Michigan).
The tree had to come down for many reasons:
juglone from the roots was poisoning the neighbors' yards ...
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Best way to source a lot of sub-1× lumber
I am making T&G boards for a roof. Cost is a big consideration.
3" wide (with tongue) and I need 3000 lineal feet of it. It is for a roof that will ultimately be covered with EPDM rubber. The ...
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Strength of board from squared branches as opposed to trunk wood
I have a lot of well-dried branches and I was wondering whether it was possible to turn them into constructional lumber by gluing them together as follows:
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