Buying Hardwood Lumber | The Ultimate Guide | How to
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Understanding the terms, and lingo of buying hardwood lumber. I go over how to buy hardwoods in rough sawn, S4S, surfaced lumber, s2sr1e. Buying hardwood for beginners. What is Flatsawn, Plainsawn, Quartersawn, Riftsawn? What is a boardfoot? How to buy lumber by the boardfoot. Calculating boardfeet. How to stack lumber. What is a Boule?
What does Flitch Cut mean? What is figured wood? What does Curly Maple look like? American Lacewood? Crotch figure. Etc.
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I'm going to watch this 32 times to try and retain all this info. Thank you so much for breaking it down plain and simple.
THE BEST video I've ever watched explaining different cuts and what they tend to work best for.
Thank you! I tried to make it concise. It's overwhelming the first time you walk into a hardwood dealer, so I wanted to make a video to help anyone that wanted to be prepared when they walked in.
This deserves endless recognition! As a beginning woodworker I found this to be super helpful and I have not seen another video like this before. And as a visual learner I was able to understand what you were talking about because of the paper examples. Thank you so much !
"The smile turns indifferent", love that explanation :)
This is by FAR the most helpful video I've seen - and I've been watching wood working videos for over 2 years trying to swallow as much info as possible. I'm finally moving into my own house and woodworking is something I've wanted to do for a very long time, but haven't had the space. This will be a massive help in getting started. This. is. awesome.
WOW! You have a gift for teaching this stuff... and building beautifully crafted items... and such enthusiasm. It's contagious!
Hey buddy, Shaun Boyd put me onto you. Boy am I glad. This video was great. I can’t wait to explore your others. I truly appreciate the lesson.
Wonderful video! Thank you for the education. I have not yet worked with any hardwood but watching your videos are inspiration and help me feel some confidence when I do finally tackle a hardwood project.
Woah! This is really well shot and edited! Thanks a lot!
This is the best education on hardwood I have ever heard. ( New subscriber ) and Im sharing this with my other woodworking friends . WELL DONE !!! Bring more videos like this !
Thanks. Very useful information. I would like more videos like this one.
really well explained
nice job. I enjoyed this video.
Great video man, just subscribed and looking forward to more!
I definitely liked the video!
Very informative Will! Thanks very much.
Thanks, a lot of information.
This video is S4S!
Very well explained. Loved the way you used the paper prints do demonstrate the various grain patterns. Thanks William.
Like you even got half that. lol
Well.... Kant is just the dutch word for side.... :-) (linker kant = left side, rechter kant = right side, overkant = opposite side)
Terrific
Dude you crushed that explanation! I have watched a bunch of videos and this topic and this was BY FAR the best! The visuals made it flow and was very easy to understand. Keep up the great wood work and great content.
Absolutely loves it. Was not boring at all, so informative!!! I literally felt like I was in school writing notes. I would love to see PLENTY more of these exact videos!!!
Dude, that was awesome. This was everything I was looking to learn about on hardwoods
John Wisniewski wow that is exactly what I was going to say! Glad your comment was at top 😃 thank you Will for the video!
Although I have been a woodworker my entire adult life, that is, until I retired at the tender age of 66 in 2009 and therefore, I am quite aware of the subjects which you give in this tutorial. Albeit, I still found the video to be well presented and of great importance to those just starting out in the wonderful field of true woodworking. Thank you and keep up the good work, we need woodworking craftsmanship to once again become a prominent industry.
Very well done Will. This is an important topic especially to those who have never been to a hardwood dealer or kind of intimidated when they do. I’s important for people to realize that wood isn’t cheap and the more they know and understand before they arrive at the store the better their experience will be.
Wow 🧐 tons of good information… Now my brain hurts! Very well filmed as usual, thanks for sharing.
This is awesome man. Learn something everyday! I had always struggled with what quarter sawn lumber was.... Now I know! Thanks!
BROSEPH! IVE WATCHED TONS OF VIDEOS BUT THAT WAS THE BEST EXPLANATION OF HOW ITS CUT THIR DIFFERENT WAYS N HOW TO GET THE LOOK you want from a log! I really loved the cutting example with the paper log that really brought it into view all ive read up on! I applaud and thank ya!!
That was an ASTOUNDINGLY informational and well made video. I learned more than ever and STILL have to go back and watch two or three more times to learn more. Thank you so very much for such an excellent and well thought out video. Subscribed, Liked, Favorited, Saved and much appreciated!
Hey there. Third Coast Craftsman mentioned you (highly) in his update video, so I thought I’d come and take a look at your channel. This was the first video I chose and what a great video. Being in the UK, I’m guessing there will be a number of differences regarding cost and format of purchase, but as a new woodworker, I could well be talking out of my ass.
Anyway, you now have a new subscriber to your channel, so if this video is anything to go by, you appear to have a wealth of information for a newbie such as myself to delve in to. Thanks William, and have a good day.
Mate. Thank you so much. Clear concise and understood. Shortly off to the hardwood yard as I progress from box store wood. Your detailing is really going to help. Cheers from NZ
That was excellent, thank you for all the knowledge! I will have to come back to this video again and again to gradually absorb all the information. What a great resource. You really know your stuff, very impressive!
Wow! I’ll have to watch this several times, but it was awesome info! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! 👍🏼
holy crap, Great Video!!!! so much information, so many questions answered. Thanks!
Now that's what is called informational video in my book. Great explanation. You could though without the music which in my humble opinion is redundant and distractive. Your voice sounds very good and the recording is excellent, you may need to consider a career in documentaries my friend.
Liked and subscribed! Question coming from this video is there a website that anyone is aware of that shows what species/grade are going for (by the bdft) in each area? So when I have deals nearby for rough sawn walnut or oak I can feel confident thats its actually a deal? Got lots of reclaimed available near me but once milled not as much as I would like is usable.
Thanks William, not "dry" at all. Educational and well explained. Love the print usage.
I watch this video every time I'm heading to my local hardwood dealer!! Appreciated.
Thanks so much for this. I finally understand what quarter sawn means! Cheers.
Great stuff, man! Understanding board feet is a game changer for sure. I have shortcuts in my head I use so I can get a quick estimate of what a given board will cost. What’s funny is that I always seem to grab more boards than I intended to! Cheers!
Funny how that works right? any time I go to a hardwood dealer for some reason I always end up with more than I intended.......
Excellent video! Very informative and well put together.
Subscribed because of educational awesomeness offered here. Really enjoyed it
S4S means PAR in English English - Prepared All Round.
I had no idea I knew so little about wood. This was very useful!
thanks for taking the time to educate us. we'll done and very beneficial
Great info Will, thanks for sharing.
VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO, AWESOME JOB. TILL DATE THIS IS THE BEST WOOD INFORMATION I FOUND ON UA-cam
I just sprained my uvula thinking about this...
that's some cheap walnut, I gotta pay 11.99bft
Great video, I’ve watched a ton of this kind of stuff and this was way above the rest!
The video was awesome.Very enjoyable and INFORMATIVE👍👍👍👍👍👍Thank you
Thanks for watching!
The bdft formula is (W(in)*T(in)*L(ft))/12(in per ft). To understand it better you could right it as ((W(in)*T(in))/12(in/ft))*L(ft) all the 12 is doing is converting your inch measurements to feet so that you have the cubic feet of the board or bdft. So when you said the formula gave inches after multiplying W*T*L your units are actually in^2ft or square inches feet., which is a really convoluted unit! lol! After the division by 12 you now have all feet units: ft^3 or cubic feet or as with wood bdft.
Thanks for clarifying the unit! I forgot my high school chemistry in converting units for a minute, though I could probably find it somewhere in my brain and dust it off. I have heard a few different iterations of the formula. I say choose one you can remember quickly and stick to that one so you can do it quickly on the fly and look like you know what you're doing. I recently started buying from a new supplier who mainly deals in resawing reclaimed lumber into flooring and selling large quantities by the square foot. My contact isn't super well versed in bdft but they recently opened the yard to a few furniture makers to take a crack at the rough sawn lumber and reclaimed beams and such. The guy basically says to me "you figure the boardfeet out and tell me how much it's all worth". It pays to be able to figure it out quickly.
Very useful! Greetings from Panamá.
Really like your videos Will, wish you made more of them.
This was not only thorough but well laid out! Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing, I wonder how international board feet and 'quarter' is?
I know in Canada, Mexico and Australia they still use Board Feet. I've been told in much of Europe and the UK hardwoods are sold as cubic centimeters or cubic meters. Still a measure of volume. I imagine an older sawyer in Britain might still use "quarters".
Best down to earth explaination I have heard, thank you
Man, THANK YOU. I’m a noob and this helps tremendously. I won’t feel like a moron going to my hardwood dealer now.
You are welcome! I wish I knew all this stuff when I first started!
Knowledge bombs like Hiroshima. #woke
great content, id love more educational videos like this.
My god, why don't you Americans use the metric system, like the rest of the world? Of these calculations are so over the top.
We tried that in the 80s. It didn't work. Board rule is pretty easy once you learn it. (P.s. the Canadians use it too and they cut far more lumber than we do). I don't care if you use potatoes as a unit of measurement. This comes from lumber scales and rules used to count board footage of full logs thats been used since before the US was a country. When at the sawmill it's a lot easier to sight in quarters and account for blade kerf than to fool with mm in a production setting. Sorry you are having a hard time wrapping your head around board feet.
Really great job on explaining everything.
Great stuff. Thank you for the education!
Awesome job! Best explanation I have seen!
Thanks for this video!
I've had a hard time figuring out board feet and this helped a lot. Thanks.
Thanks mate! Very inforative.
Keep the educational videos coming!
Excellent, clear and concise imparting of knowledge. Well done double like cheers from South Africa
Hey love your story telling videos about wood I just started carpentry class in 10th grade in a tech school and my first project was a box followed by our class project a nightstand then I went on my own and asked my teacher for a piece of cherry for a bowl it was a small piece but when I saw the grain it made the teacher and the whole class jealous but I made this bowl, he said I did great at sanding it it was very nice and shiny. Anyway your turning videos really help and I look forward to watching your future videos so I can learn from a master.
That's so awesome! I wish carpentry class was available when I was in 10th grade. They did away with those classes in my generation (the big tech boom of the 1990s). I had to learn myself. I'm no master but I'll keep making videos. Thanks for watching!
Great video Will. Very informative.
Fantastic video. Really appreciate the time and energy you put into this presentation! Very informative, I enjoyed this video a lot!
Great explanation Will. I especially liked the use of that awesome print. Slicing it up was top notch visuals!
I'm sorry bud, but this video screams craft beer. But a fellow craftsman none the less.
I don't even know what that means. I'm a bourbon man, myself. Did the video not convey the different meanings behind terms that often confuse people when buying hardwood lumber?
Educational and entertaining. Great video!
Best video on hardwood explained on YT
Thank you. Im still a rookie on buying hardwood and didn’t fully understand the bdft.
The bdft formula is (W(in)*T(in)*L(ft))/12(in per ft). To understand it better you could right it as ((W(in)*T(in))/12(in/ft))*L(ft). All the 12 is doing is converting your inch measurements to feet so that you have the cubic feet of the board or bdft.
bro that background music i don't get it
Thanks for the info.....great job
Great explanation, thank you!
Fantastic video! I really learned a lot!
Thanks for the information!
Eagles / freedom x limbs = lost me
Thanks Will!! There's so much great information packed into this video. Love this educational style of video
one of the best videos onthe subject I have seen
All great info.
The calculation on one was off. 2"x7"x9'=126 ÷12 should have been
2"x7"x108" instead no?
If you do it that way you need to divide by 144 instead of 12. Either way it gets 10.5 boardfeet
To clarify: (2"x7"x9')÷12 = (2"x7"x108")÷144
Excellent knowledge dump!
A lot of good information. Thanks
We’ll great video even though I knew all this it was still super to watch it you did a great job on your explanations.
Very useful, great work!!!
High end Exotic hard woods like Ebony’s, iron and rose woods, and highly figured shrub woods like Koa, quebracho, lignium, and snake wood are sold by the oz and separated based on wood quality in to different grades
Good to know. I didnt touch on imports. I wanted to stick to North American domestics as those are most common for someone going to a hardwood dealer for the first time.
Wm. Walker Co. I make knives so exotic woods are typically the standard and stain is never used. From my experience the only exotic woods hard wood stores will bother selling are basically just the same as domestic woods as domestic wood other than color so in my opinion for any purpose other than special projects and detailed craving, or gluing 2 pieces with a sharp color change stained domestic hardwoods will typically suffice. Most highly figured exotic woods have far different grain patterns and don’t work like typical wood and should never be plained or table sawed fearing tare out working them is typically using a band saw sanders and hand tools.You have to buy them from a dealer who specializes in them and can mill them correctly for the best figuring. I’m no expert but exotic wood are an obsession on mine.
Like the educational videos
Awesome, thank you.
Very helpful, thank you
Very well done! Thank you!
Wow, great video, Will!
Slabs are actually the first cuts that are normally discarded
Correct. Slabwood is usually waste, though in today's retail market a live edge flitch or board are generally referred to as "slabs" even though not all sawyers refer to them as that though people looking to purchase will usually find them labeled as such
great video - thanks !
keep up the good work, please.