1x3's have gotten worse and worse, what I last saw as 1x3's wasn't even worth picking up as the splinters made me think it was poorly glued straw and not lumber.
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Don H wrote: > It is real tough to get lumber these days that isn't warped, cracked or > otherwise not what you want. In my town the best lumber can be had from a > local small lumber yard versus the local Lowes or Home Depot. This > especially holds true for 2 by lumber. > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:12 PM > To: Blind Handyman List > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Check your lumber. > > > > > > I had asked a buddy of mine to give me a hand picking out the lumber for > the basement stairs, and helping me get it home. I asked him to carefully > check the boards for integrity, are they straight, are they checked at the > ends. He assured me that we got some beautiful boards. > > When I cut that first little registration chunk, about 1.5 inches long, > off the end of one of the 2X10 boards, it literally fell in half, a split > running right through it. So, I cut another 1.5 inches. It fell in half. > So, I cut a third 1.5 inches. That one didn't fall in half, but when I > picked it up and flexed it slightly, it broke in half. > > The fourth chunk wouldn't break in my hands, but I can kind of feel the > split in it. So, hopefully after six inches of my board are gone, I might > actually have some usable lumber. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
