[Shotimes] Now Amish was:"My Bologna"

[bobsteig@att.net]

Dimensional indeed. Our 1890's built 'Row House' here in town has REAL 
dimensions. The main support beams are 12"x12", rough hewn right out of tree 
trunks. The joists are 4"x12", and the studs are real 2"x4"'s. Whenever I do 
any structural work I need to make up those pesky 1/4" differences. A real 
P.I.T.A. at times. I wish I'd known about the 'Amish' wood a couple of years 
ago, woulda saved me some grief. 

BTW, did someone say something about not being able to get good wood??? 
How old ARE you guys? ;-)

Cheers, BB-NYC '89


Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:45:09 -0500
From: Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: George Fourchy <krazgeo@jps.net>
CC: "shotimes@autox.team.net" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: (OT) Wood...was: Re: [Shotimes] Now Amish was:"My Bologna"

Didn't pay attention to the previous notes, but the term for 
lumber that is less than the actual measurements is

"Dimensional"

Really!

Don Mallinson

George Fourchy wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 03:06:29 +0000, bobsteig@att.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>Good grief, the best I can do in NYC is 1 3/4" x 3 1/2".
> 
> 
> Studs are ''surfaced-4 sides'' before they are sold.  They are rough-cut to an
> actual 2 x 4 inches, but when they are smoothed,  about 1/4 of an inch per 
side is
> removed.  I guess too many carpenters complained of splinters in the past.  
The San
> Leandro, Calif. house I sold last summer was built in 1937, and when we redid 
the
> kitchen, taking it down to studs and joists for new walls and floors, the 
studs were
> rough-cut nominal (means "actually") 2 x 4 inches, and they were all clear
> redwood....looked like they had been assembled last week.  Beautiful.
> 
> No more....our new house has pretty knotty studs, and the framer went out of 
his way
> to use the best he could get (without getting into trouble) for us....you 
just 
can't
> get as much good wood at one time anymore.
> 
> George