On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:51:23 -0500, Tom Sherman
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>> Er, seriously, engineers insist that kiln dried spruce is stronger,
>> but it sure is brittle....
>
>Loaded longitudinally, tangentially, or radial to the grain?
In my experience, all of the above, in compression, stretch, span,
beam, whatever types of loads. I've just not had a real-world
experience where KD spruce has survived more load than hem fir.
All combinations of the above loads do happen, between cutting,
nailing, screwing, loading, removing, breaking, and all the other
things you do with wood. I've used both species as parts of walls,
staging, makeshift tools, pavement protection under heavy/sharp
stuff, tables, and as ultra-rough-service boxes.
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Rick Onanian