mikeschn wrote:Thanks Tom,
Is that the green stuff I see at the big box stores?
I've played with that in the past. It's fun to build with, but it doesn't stain very nice.
Of course that's not applicable when you are talking about framing!
Sounds like a pretty good option to pine!!!
Mike...
josephhanson wrote:For internal lumber, see if you can get any finger joined boards, they don't warp, twist and they don't have any knots in them. The glued finger joints are stronger than the plane board.
Gpike wrote:.... take a look at spruce .... strong and stable.
mikeschn wrote:You know, I've always built with pine. It's light, and it's strong. And once it ages, it's really tough.
But lately I've been getting lots of pine that is bent, warped and twisted. .....
Just think, if you were going to build something like this, what kind of wood would you use?
Mike…
OP827 wrote:Some nice pine boards I bought, straight.
Jack Olsen wrote:I'll go extra contrarian, and suggest aluminum square tubing.
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