by Jim from Canada » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:28 am
That reminds me Yanita. I bought a 1x6x10' common pine board. I made 2 outside corner and 2 inside corner trim pieces with it and had wood left over. The board cost $7, the trim pieces I made, retail for about $10 or more each for an 8 foot length.
Since I have a thickness planer, I have been thinking of buying a bunch of pine barn board. It comes 1 1/4" thick by 12" wide for about $1 a running foot. That is way cheap! I could re-saw the thickness, plane it and get double the length of it in 1/2" boards, or make T&G out of it and replace my drywall (lighter weight too), or any number of things.
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