Timber Milling

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Error on my part. I need 7/8" planks of course . The local cabinet makers could be worth a try but they generally make ..well cabinets and drawers.

Another option is to buy a used power wood planer .. there should be enough planers around .

Yes the original 7/8 planks, I have some, are a red/pink hue , looks like a softwood similar to Oregon AKA Douglas Fir .

Wonder how they sourced so much timber for building truck bodies ?

Probably by cutting trees down Mike!

[Lynn Eades]

Maybe Canada supplied the Douglas Fir / Oregon / Larch / Cedar as well?
BTW. You cannot tell a soft wood or a hardwood by its texture. Balsa is a hardwood.
All Pines are soft wood because they do not flower.

Your gums (Eucalypts)are hardwoods because they flower (that is where the definition comes from)