On 3/15/07, Darren Crompton <kr.2s.dar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am ready to order my timber and being on a very tight budget, I am > seriously considering douglas fir as an alternative to spruce.
On http://krnet.org/ there is a link to the old paper KR newsletters, downloadable in pdf. Many years ago a gentleman documented just such a substitution, along with a test jig to make sure your wood matched your calculations. -- Regards, RonB