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Re: Strip: 2 X 4 's into strips
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 1/7/2017, 11:16 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: 2 X 4 's into strips (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

From Rob Macks:

Western red cedar comes in 3/4” (5/8”) 5/4 (1”) and 2x (1-1/2”) thicknesses, actual sizes in parenthesis. Cut all those boards to 3/4” widths off the broad board surface.

I'm curious - is this S2S or S4S lumber?
How many folks here are getting boards that are planed already? I know that 2x4, etc is surface planed and dimensioned, and once I bought some nice WRC that was surfaced from a hot tub wholesale place .
Most of the 'real lumberyards' I've used have mostly 4/4, 5/4, and 8/4 WRC - and my first step is usually to put the boards through the surface planer...which makes it more difficult for folks that don't have a planer. I guess you rip off the rough edge from the first piece if you are 'flipping' 3/4 strips? Or do you straighten the rough edge with a plane before you start ripping into the board?

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Strip: 2 X 4 's into strips
Richard Mertins -- 1/3/2017, 6:41 pm
Re: Strip: 2 X 4 's into strips
Marc Upchurch -- 1/3/2017, 8:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/3/2017, 11:54 pm
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Richard Mertins -- 1/4/2017, 7:52 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2017, 9:53 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/4/2017, 11:07 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2017, 11:59 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/4/2017, 12:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2017, 12:23 am
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Steve Solomon -- 1/5/2017, 7:05 am
Overthinking
Curtis Fisher -- 1/5/2017, 8:16 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/6/2017, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2017, 3:12 am
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David Wyse -- 1/4/2017, 12:01 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/4/2017, 9:22 am
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Nick R. -- 1/4/2017, 4:18 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/5/2017, 9:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/7/2017, 11:16 am
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Richard Mertins -- 1/7/2017, 11:34 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/7/2017, 11:50 am
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Richard Mertins -- 1/8/2017, 7:32 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/8/2017, 8:55 am
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dave koslow -- 1/9/2017, 2:11 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/9/2017, 5:18 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2017, 1:20 am