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White Pine Framing Lumber - The Forestry Forum In his experience, he said, "White pine doesn't hold nails well, it tends to pop nails as it dries, and it makes a junky frame " I would presume that popping nails is an issue regardless of species, but I am concerned about strength and quality Can anyone speak to using white pine as a framing lumber for a stick-built house?
White Pine any good for timber framing???? Help - The Forestry Forum I work primarily with white pine Both of the Dutch barns I'm restoring are almost all white pine, with the braces being oak Timbers must be sized to the load and joinery Dutch barns used very large timbers These anchorbeams are 11"x22" and 11"x17", and most likely all four were from the same tree What is the timber project?
Milling Eastern White Pine - The Forestry Forum Welcome to the FF TommyT Saw your white pine as soon as it hits the ground You should try to get it sawn, stacked and stickered asap Heat and humidity is not your friend when it comes to wp Most sawmills around here will not accept wp May through September because the bugs get in it and blue stain sets in so quickly
White pine - The Forestry Forum I have some white pine Id like to saw but have no use for the lumber right now I have no room to store it inside can I pile it outside and cover it with a tarp to keep it from staining and warping These logs are big,I can probably get some 20 inch wide boards out of them,would it be wise to leave some that wide or would they cup and warp to bad I have a Lt 15 but don't have a whole lot of
White pine beam span table anyone? - The Forestry Forum Table 4A gives the reference design values for Eastern White Pine The values we need to know are for Fiber stress in bending (F b ), modulus of elasticity (E) and allowable horizontal shear (F v ) For EWP #2 those values are 575 psi, 1 1 million psi, and 135 psi
White Pine vs SYP vs Doug Fir studs - The Forestry Forum White pine is fine for general purpose studs and framing I would prefer the douglas fir or various spruce species for top plates, rafters and corner studs, due to it's higher engineered strength ratings, but wouldn't hesitate to use clean (small tight knots) sound WP for above applications other than rafters if the price difference were
Blue Stained Pine (prevention) - The Forestry Forum The lumber needs to be below 30% e m c to be safe from stain, but as long as the surface is starting to dry, you are in much better shape There are some chemicals that also work somewhat, that is a whole nother discussion Many large white pine mills do water logs, but a getting lumber immediately into a good dry kiln is very critical
White pine vs Hemlock - The Forestry Forum In the old barns around my area, the white pine looks better than the hemlock the hemlock has checked a lot over the years and typically has more structural problems The old white pine timbers just seem to get better with age Problem with this line of reasoning is that there is very little old white pine left
Red pine vs. white pine for TF project?? - forestryforum. com Any thoughts, specifically regarding white pine species, about what diameter I should top the logs at and leave behind the tops? I don't normally cut any hardwoods here that are less than 13" to 15" (minimum) so I don't really know how high up these white pine logs is usable for making 1X6 and 2X6 lumber
Milling sappy Eastern White Pine? - forestryforum. com Daburner87, I have sawn quite a bit of white pine that is very sappy I use a mix of "on road" diesel and type "f" transmission fluid exclusively on my mill I have solid steel wheels that aren't affected by the diesel I have no problem with build up on bands or wheels I also have not noticed any diesel smell in the lumber