[Homestead] Off grid living
Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Wed Oct 3 13:29:28 EDT 2007
> There is another factor. With a personal sawmill one can cut large
> stuff, like four by sixes, six by eights and larger, that in a lumber
> yard would be expensive.
Faced with needing some such large timbers in my building, I began to
laminate available wood. If I needed 6x8's, I got three 2x8's and bolted them
together. Since the grain can be vaired somewhat, the resulting laminated beam is
stronger than a solid one.
Glue would make them even stronger and although that much aliphatic resin
glue would be pricey, it'd be a lot cheaper than a sawmill. </HTML>
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