I actually imported a rough sawn piece of 8" x 2" spruce to Australia through a local lumber yard and cut it down and smoothed to size myself. Didn't take very long and worked out heaps cheaper. Had to work around a couple of faults in the core of the flitch however and have the results inspected. I reckon you lose about a third in sawdust and shavings.
We can now use a local timber called Hoop Pine which seems similar to Douglas Fir in properties but it wasn't easily available when I started out. It is cheaper again. We also have a ply made from it. John Martindale 29 Jane Circuit Toormina NSW 2452 Australia ph:61 2 6658 4767 m:0403 432179 email:john_martindale at bigpond.com -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of dfeiger via KRnet Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2016 2:40 AM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Cc: dfeiger Subject: KR> Woo For kRs Back in ?81 when I started my KR2 I thought $3.50 per lineal foot of aircraft grade Sitka Spruce was a little high so I went to the one and only lumber yard here in John Day and bought a clear edge grain board of Douglas-fir ....snip ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7294 / Virus Database: 4522/11439 - Release Date: 01/19/16
