Re: Using building lumber/??

"Swingman" <kac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "stryped"  wrote in message
>> I am wanting to build a day bed for someone cheaply. But I do want it
>> to look nice and hold up. It needs to be painted white. Will using
>> regular 2x4 and other building lumber be ok? Around here, I think it
>> is southern yellow pine. I plan on planeing it and everything.
>>
>> Other wood around here is just so expensive. I have some oak at home,
>> but hate to use it and paint over it.
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> Use poplar ... much cheaper, and still a hardwood, with hardwood 
> properties,
> and you won't feel bad painting it.
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> I would not build anything I'd want to be proud of out of today's 
> plantation
> grown construction lumber, except maybe tem****ary shop fixtures.
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> Trust me ... if it's worth spending your time on it, it's worth using
the
> best material you can afford.
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> KarlC@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I agree with swingman that poplar and maybe some oak would be the first 
choice for a project of that kind.  However construction lumber will work 
quite well if you spend some time going through the lumber before you buy.

I often find that lumber in the reject pile is better then the "good"
stuff 
and usually 1/2 price, look at it closely though and make sure that you
can 
use it in spite of warps, twists and splits.