Strength and density.
Building furniture with yellow pine.
Most home centers carry two species of construction lumber one of three non structural species commonly called spf spruce pine fir and douglas fir or southern yellow pine depending on your location.
The key to using construction lumber for furniture is how you approach it.
Pine furniture has been around for some time.
Pine is among the most common species of softwood available in home centers today.
Here are 6 reasons southern yellow pine is awesome.
Easy to work with but tricky to finish pine has its advantages and disadvantages as a wood for building furniture.
If you have a preference make it clear when ordering that you want yellow pine for your construction needs.
Southern yellow pine is an ideal building material.
Beautiful strong versatile and affordable.
And we could go on so we will.
To the south and east you get southern yellow pine syp but to the north and west the smaller dimensions are white wood spf.
Find southern yellow pine plywood at lowe s today.
If you live on the west coast its likely you ll use fir for your framing needs.
On the plus side it s easy to find at most big box stores it s relatively inexpensive and it s easy to shape and cut.
If you live on the east coast where yellow pine is prolific it s more likely to be available but it s becoming harder to find.
When woodworking with pine there are many species from which to choose but they all tend to get lumped in together and are commonly regarded as being somewhat utilitarian in nature good only for building shelving framing or other projects not typically associated with fine woodworking.
Pine tends to be easier to work with during the furniture building stage due to its softer nature.
Considered to be one of the strongest softwoods out there diy projects made out of syp will most certainly stand the test of time.
Traditionally pine was used for colonial rustic.
The soft pine group is less dense and more widespread and because the soft pine group shares similar properties and applications with spruce only soft pines are suitable for comparison with spruce.
Texas hill country seems to be on the faultline of the types of construction lumber we can get.
The spf is lighter in color less expensive.
Most yellow glues recommend you keep the parts clamped for 30 minutes to an hour.
Selecting timber for diy furniture projects.