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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:04PM (#30369072)
Heard you should get the largest lumber you can get and rip it down. Like get 2 x 12's and rip down to 2 x 4's.

Makes sense that the larger cross-sectional lumber needs to come from a larger cross-sectional tree with few defects. The crap-wood they can turn into 2x4, 2x3....

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by mauvehaus on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:30AM (#30372829)
The risk of doing that is that you might start with a straight 2x12 and end with three crooked 2x4's.

Wood can have a fair amount of internal stress in it, and cutting it can release it in ways that cause your boards to warp, twist, or bend.

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by JKCalhoun on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:26AM (#30374874)
I did the above to create a nice workbench with few knots. It helped of course that the lumber I ripped was glued up to make the butcher-block-style top, the uprights and cross braces also doubled, tripled up.
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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by mauvehaus on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:43PM (#30376911)
The Anarchist's Workbench?

(Freely available to download for anybody who's curious)

https://lostartpress.com/collections/books/products/the-anar...

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Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou... by JKCalhoun on Thursday February 17, 2022 @07:23PM (#30380713)
Very nice. I wish I had come across that sooner.
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