Jim wrote:
I've read the specs & know what I get from the local lumber yard. I
think most of the White Pine we get is cut from younger stuff or
perhaps it's just the sawyers & grading. Looking in the racks, the
Yellow Pine tends to look a lot better over all. Some of the White
Pine is just garbage. You couldn't get a stable 2' piece out half
the
8' pieces in the racks. I don't mind over buying & picking some, but
it's gotten ridiculous with White Pine. It also seems to not be
dried
as well. last year when I was repairing some facsias, I bought a
bunch, stacked it on the porch neatly & had a bunch of pretzels the
next weekend. I haven't had that problem with the Yellow Pine I've
bought.

Jim

It sounds like your lumberyard not only sells crappy, under dried
lumber, they might also mislabel it as white pine. I find it much more
stable than yellow pine and much more enjoyable to work with. I imagine
it was used in the majority of rustic colonial furniture, their every
day things(spoons, bowls, etc.) as well as in most of the dwellings.
The King of England even glommed onto the best trees for use in his
ships as masts so to use some to hold up some wine bottles would put a
person in pretty good company. You don't even have to worry about the
death penalty anymore if you inadvertantly use some of his stuff.
Conditioner helps when staining. Sam