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Sizing sawn timber


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Can someone give me a rough idea about sizing a sawn plank of fresh wood if I know the planed dimensions I need when it's seasoned?

 

From past experience I know if I order 20mm planks some might be about 18mm, then there's shrinkage and an allowance for warping.

 

I'm after a finished size of 18mm x 225mm planks of western red cedar and possibly larch. Would ordering 25mm x 250mm sawn be sensible?

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I'm ordering stuff cut to size from green logs, so no option to sort through. I also plan to order a large amount and as I only need some of it to be planed down to an exact size I can sort through the stack when seasoned.

 

I ordered some 150mm x 28mm green larch planks from the same place a few years ago and they've only cupped by about 2mm.

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