RWW 149 Demystifying the Lumber Yard

Another Get Woodworking Week post, this time about that first trip to the lumber yard. Here are some tips about how lumber is sold and lumber grading that will help you make every trip to the lumber yard a successful one.

Learn More About Buying Lumber

• Understanding Lumber Grading at the J. Gibson McIlvain blog
• Lumber Grades Explained at the Hardwood to Go blog
• A Lumbering Feeling from The Wood Whisperer Vault
• Buying Lumber from Popular Woodworking
• Choosing Project Lumber by Popular Woodworking

Thanks to Bob Lang for those last two posts. I had forgotten about them.