Q. What is the correct thickness for 4/4 and 8/4 lumber? Our lumber seems to thin at times, especially quartersawn. A: Based on your company’s products, I think you are concernedabout hardwoods. The ...

Editor’s note: This column was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Question: How much does lumber shrink in drying? We process red oak and yellow poplar mainly. ...

Sam Talarico opened a small drawer in an antique desk, and his life changed forever. It was not the drawer’s contents, but the drawer itself, which was expertly crafted from quartersawn sycamore wood.