If you don’t have any luck there, try this place. My son used to work there and I’ve bought some oak and such from them.
Only problem may be the shipping would be more than the cost of the wood.
Jens works in a bark mill. All they do is make beauty bark…
Steve Featherkile said:
I am looking at doing some repair work on the fence around the house I grew up in. My dad, back in the 50's, built the fence out of [b]rough cut cedar in true dimensions.[/b] A 2X4 actually is 2X4 inches. The 1X6 fence boards actually are 1X6 inches. The boards were never run through the planer to get to the smooth, smaller size. The way I learned it, at my daddy's knee, was that the lumber was sold by its rough cut size, before it was run through the planer.The fence posts are bolted to 2 inch galvanized pipe sunk into concrete. It has held up well for 50 years, but now needs some attention. I think the fence will outlast my daughter’s family. They are living there now. Once the minimal repairs are done, it should be good for another 50 years before it needs attention, again. It was stained, once, 50 years ago, and needs it again.
I have no idea where I will be able to find what few replacement parts that I might need.
Any ideas?
madwolf
Steve,
My first inclination for cost considerations would be to buy 1x8 cedar and cut it to 1x6 as I did for the 2x6’s on my deck. The boards would then be the right width and only 1/4" too thin. You could then shim the boards when you install them to make the outside even and accept the variation on the inside. Since a rough cut cedar implies a rustic look anyway it should look okay I would think.
If you look at the rough cut 2x4 cedar (used for fence stringers) in the local lumber store you’ll get close to true deminsion. In west Texas with no trees to speak of the local Home Depot had them (8 footers) for just under $6 each.
mark
Richard Smith said:Steve Featherkile said:
I am looking at doing some repair work on the fence around the house I grew up in. My dad, back in the 50's, built the fence out of [b]rough cut cedar in true dimensions.[/b] A 2X4 actually is 2X4 inches. The 1X6 fence boards actually are 1X6 inches. The boards were never run through the planer to get to the smooth, smaller size. The way I learned it, at my daddy's knee, was that the lumber was sold by its rough cut size, before it was run through the planer.The fence posts are bolted to 2 inch galvanized pipe sunk into concrete. It has held up well for 50 years, but now needs some attention. I think the fence will outlast my daughter’s family. They are living there now. Once the minimal repairs are done, it should be good for another 50 years before it needs attention, again. It was stained, once, 50 years ago, and needs it again.
I have no idea where I will be able to find what few replacement parts that I might need.
Any ideas?
madwolf
Steve,My first inclination for cost considerations would be to buy 1x8 cedar and cut it to 1x6 as I did for the 2x6’s on my deck. The boards would then be the right width and only 1/4" too thin. You could then shim the boards when you install them to make the outside even and accept the variation on the inside. Since a rough cut cedar implies a rustic look anyway it should look okay I would think.
Steve,
Go to a wood supplier (not HD or Lowe’s) and order some 5/4 cedar wood, cut it to length, then if it needs to be reduced in thickness take those sections to a cabinetmaker and have him run it through his thickness planer. There is a posibility that the wood supply house would have a thickness planer and be able to reduce the size for you. Remember doing this extra work will not be at the same price as those pieces that are found at Home Depot. Perhaps a second mortgage would help.
Steve,
I thought I saw some rough cut (full dimension) cedar at the home depot in Liberty Lake.
Now don’t make a special trip out there until I confirm it.
j
Thanks for all your help. I appreciate it.
SteveF
2 by lumber is all cut to the lower 1/2" until you get to a 2x8 and above. The wide dimension reduces to the lower 1/4, meaning a 2 x 8 is actually 1.5 x 7.25, a 2 x 10 is 1.5 x 9.25.
plywood is 1/32 shy of actual dimension. 3/4" is actually 23/32. 1/2" is 15/32.
1 by lumber follows the same pattern as 2 by lumber. If you want an actual 1" thick board, you have to buy 5/4.
Thank goodness an eight foot board is still actually 8 foot long. I wonder when they’ll reduce it to 7’6".
Mark
Mark said:All you have to do is buy a 2 x 4 that has stud stamped on it. I believe they are 7'9".
Thank goodness an eight foot board is still actually 8 foot long. I wonder when they'll reduce it to 7'6".