KR> alternative woods (doug fir, etc.)

2008-10-12 Thread Ron Butterfield
Remeber the newsletters? Used to come in the mail, printed on paper? Back in March 1977, issue #21, page 2 had a short article on a builder using douglas fir on his KR, and how he tested and documented the substitution. The recommendation was to use 19/32" instead of the full 5/8". This gave pa

KR> alternative woods (doug fir, etc.)

2008-10-12 Thread Ron Butterfield
At 11:06 PM 3/27/06, D F Lively wrote: >Carefull selection is required here and probably only premium clear >grade is all that should be used. Definitely. However, if you are willing to put up with the waste and extra work, you can get a significant amount of premium wood from selected pieces