I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Thanks,
Dale

wrote:

I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Thanks,
Dale

no

Sure you can. If it is made commercially, you can make it too. How much
money have you got? The equipment could be a might bit expensive.

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wrote:

I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Thanks,
Dale

no

" writes:

I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Depend. Do you like working with Arsenic?

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If you live in Manville NJ you can just lay the lumber in your
backyard. The creosote in the ground will leech into the lumber.

Other than that I don't think so.

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I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?



No, you really can't make your own.

It takes lots of heat, pressure, nasty chemicals and expensive
equipment.

On the other hand, there are many naturally rot-resistant woods - cedar
and cypress, for example.

There are also coatings you can use to reduce the damaging effects of
the sun. I like Flood's CWF-UV.

To help prevent water absortion into end grain, you can do something as
simple as soaking the end of the wood in used motor oil.

These are many methods. I'm sure you'll be able to find one that works
for you.

Gus

On 11 Sep 2005 18:49:16 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
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I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Cut only black locust, cedar, redwood, or cypress trees for outside
lumber.

Or take your cut pineywood to a kiln who will pressure-treat it for
you. That should be a good trick!

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"RayV" wrote in news:1126528752.842537.174880
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If you live in Manville NJ you can just lay the lumber in your
backyard. The creosote in the ground will leech into the lumber.

Other than that I don't think so.



That is blatantly NOT TRUE! The asbestos fibers in the ground
contamination soaked up all the creosote years ago!

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I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?

Thanks,
Dale

It would probably be many many times cheaper to simply buy the wood that
meets you specifications.

wrote:
I'm getting ready to cut my own lumber from trees

I should hope so as it would be peculiar to make lumber from
anything else...

and I want to use the
lumber for an outside project. What can I do to make the lumber
survive outside? Can I make my own treated lumber?


Farmers have been doing it for their fenceposts for centuries.
Of course they planned ahead and planted rot-resistant wood
like black locust or osage orange.

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"RayV" wrote in news:1126528752.842537.174880
@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

If you live in Manville NJ you can just lay the lumber in your
backyard. The creosote in the ground will leech into the lumber.

Other than that I don't think so.



That is blatantly NOT TRUE! The asbestos fibers in the ground
contamination soaked up all the creosote years ago!

Which exit is that located ?


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Exit 10 to 287 N

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Exit 10 to 287 N

Follow the glow from there

Got it.

Is that not the toll booth that hands out MSDSs after you pay the toll?