did dimensional lumber producers reduce the size of boards?
such as 2"x4"s to prevent people from re-sawing them into profitable dimensions?
i've found that if there was just the actual dimension of say, the 2x4, that i could actually turn a fair profit. but i've been discovering that there is no way around it. soooo...i started thinking, "hey! this looks to be intentional to prevent just such things"
like now if i re-saw a 2x4 i can get two 5/8" boards, which is fine, thats usable...but if i try to go any further by say re-sawing the board into thirds...i can't even get a half inch(which would be suitable for some construction applications...this seems to be where the possibility of profiting is reduced to zero.
did oldtimers use to do a lot of re-sawing?
This was done not to create more of a profit for the lumber mills as it is to conserve trees. The 2x4's today still hold the exact amount of weight and stress as the dimensional 2x4's of old. It has nothing to do with re-sawing after the point of purchase. You figure that a lumber mill on one machine alone will make about 2000 cuts a week. Out of those 2000 cuts you will end up with 125 more 2x4's (rough estimate, depends on the size of tree.) This was done to cut back on stripping the land of the resources. Plus most of the lumber you get at the box stores or any lumber yard will come from a managed forest. If we kept the boards dimensional over the last half century lumber prices would be higher than they are now (reseeding, more trees cut less boards produced) witch would increase the price on everything that is made out of lumber( houses, fences, decks, pallets in most cases, crates, etc...). So again this isn't done to get more from the customer.
Yes ,the old timers did nothing but re-saw their lumber.
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