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American Beech, to buy or not to buy.
I have the opportunity to purchase some American Beech, sawn last spring and
stickered since at the dirt cheap price of $.40/bd/ft. I've never used the stuff before. Goolge tells me that it is prone to twisting an splitting when being dried, also not particularly dimensionally stable. My question is: I can just expect 25% less yield out of a pile, or is the stuff just ill-behaved and likely to **** me off. I'm looking for a completely subjective qualitative 1st-hand opinion on this stuff. I would probably just use it as a secondary wood or painted (yes I do that from time to time) furniture. I'm guessing that "not dimmensionally stable" means - dont even think about it for shop fixtures. So should I pick up 100-200 bd/ft becaue it's cheap and I'll eventually use it, or should I steer clear? Thanks, Steve -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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