When I started cutting lumber for myself, I thought I could do it better than Home Depot. No more twisted and crooked lumber for this guy. I was gonna be the guy that did it right, the one that wasn’t ...
Wood stain can be used for many different applications — from flooring to decks and fences, furniture to wooden crafts, there's a way to bring out the beauty and protect the wood in countless projects ...
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Wet wood vs. dry wood

I talk about “wet wood” a lot, but here’s what that actually means: freshly cut wood still holds a ton of moisture, and you ...
If you collect firewood at a campsite (or buy pre-cut wood nearby), sometimes you're stuck with wet logs. But what if you ...
Q How much shrinkage in drying should we see in yellow-poplar and Eastern cottonwood lumber? A This sounds like an easy question to answer -- all I have to do is look up the numbers in a book. But ...