General Questions
Mill Questions
The term Hardwood designates wood from broad-leaved (mostly deciduous, but not necessarily, in the case of tropical trees) or angiosperm trees. Hardwood contrasts with softwood, which comes from conifer trees. On average, hardwood is of higher density and hardness than softwood, but there is considerable variation in actual wood hardness in both groups, with a large amount of overlap; some hardwoods (e.g. balsa) are softer than most softwoods, while yew is an example of a hard softwood. Hardwoods have broad leaves and enclosed nuts or seeds such as acorns. They often grow in subtropical regions like Africa and also in Europe and other regions such as Asia.
Softwood is the wood from conifers. In addition "softwood" is an adjective applied to the trees that produce such wood: softwood trees include pine, spruce, cedar, fir, larch, douglas-fir, hemlock, cypress, redwood and yew. As the name suggests, the wood of softwoods is softer, on average, than that of hardwoods, but only on average - the wood of Longleaf pine, for example, is much harder than many hardwoods, while Balsa wood (technically a hardwood) is extremely soft. In general softwood is easy to work: it forms the bulk of wood used by man. Softwood has a huge range of uses: it is a prime material for structural building components, but is also found in furniture and other products such as millwork (moldings, doors, windows). Softwood is also harvested for use in the production of paper, and for various types of board such as MDF.
The board-foot is a specialized unit of volume for measuring lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one foot length of a board, one foot wide and one inch of thickness.
One board-foot equals:
Board-feet are used for rough lumber (before drying and planing) with no adjustments. For planed lumber, board-feet refer to the nominal thickness and width of lumber, calculated in principle on its size before drying and planing. Actual length is used.
Calculating board feet is simple. Lets use the example of a 2X6 10'; take the thickness (2") and multiply it by the width (6") and the length (10'). Finally divide your factor by 12, and your sum is the board footage. Your formula would look like this:
2 x 6 x 10 / 12 = 10 bf
Same formula for a 1X4 8':
1 x 4 x 8 / 12 = 2.67 bf
A lineal foot simply refers to the "foot" or" feet" as a unit of length. 12 lineal feet equals 12 actual feet in length, or 144 inches.
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Yes. Yes he is.
The simple definition of surfacing is to finish the surface of; give a particular kind of surface to; make even or smooth. What this means is we take a piece of rough cut lumber and run it through a surface planer to "clean up" the top and bottom surfaces of the wood. The result is a product that will require minimal finish work to use for your project.
The term sanding is exactly what it implies. Once a piece of rough cut lumber has been planed (run through a surface planer), we can finish it even further by running it through a finish sander so that the lumber is ready to use for your project.
A straight line or gang rip saw is a circular blade machine, usually of the radial design, used for cutting wood across and above the stock. It produces a lumber product with a true, or straight edge that allows for the lumber to be glued-up or applied to your project.
A straight line or gang rip saw is a circular blade machine, usually of the radial design, used for cutting wood across and above the stock. It produces a lumber product that is cut to a specific width with two true, or straight edges.
The term resaw simply means to cut a board through the thickness of the board. For example, you could take one 2X8 and produce two pieces of 1X8 resawn. Resawn boards will typically have one smooth face and one rough face, and will generally be thinner than a regular 1X8.
Cut to length means exactly what it sounds like. We take a piece of lumber and cut it whatever length your project calls for.
A profile or pattern is simply the shape of a piece of trim as viewed from an end.
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Yes. The minimum mill fee is $20.
In quoting molding sizes the thickness comes first, for instance, a casing pattern 11/16-inches thick by 2-1/4-inches wide is designated “11/16 x 2-1/4 casing”. If length is included it would be listed last, for instance, “a piece of casing 11/16 x 2-1/4 inches x 8 feet”. The thickness of a molding is determined by measuring from the top extremity to the bottom extremity of the piece. Widths also are measured at the widest dimension.
