Mike Berger wrote:
The green douglas fir was a tree two weeks ago. It will change
dimension, warp and twist. Even if you let it acclimate in your
basement for a few weeks, you'll have a bunch of acclimated, warped,
twisted lumber. It won't be pretty, but could work ok for a bench
frame if you're careful.


Douglas Fir is sold green because it is one of the few woods that
tends to remain stable while it dries. I suspect that reputation
was aquired by the old growth Doug Fir and the second growth
stuff may more more.

But it won't be as bad as you'd expect compared with other woods.

Do you have a local bowling alley? Ask them who replaces their
lanes when they wear out. A lot of people have made bench
tops from recycled bowling alley by planing off the dented layer.

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