White Pine Timber Frame

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White pine timber frame.

Timber frame in miniature. Pine is not as strong. Eastern white pine sculptures by ted lott by s a. When planning a timber frame home or other building consumers are often asked to choose from a variety of wood species.

Because it is less expensive than douglas fir it is often used for residential timber frames. It has a good straight grain can be easily stained planes well and is a great wood for hand hewing. It is similar in color to hemlock a pale yellow with occasional reddish streaks. The estimated price of your timber is 0 price shown for rough cut non kiln dried material.

White pine wood has medium strength is easily worked and stains and finishes well. Creamy white or pale straw to light reddish brown. It doesn t deflect or twist excessively like oak and for most applications it can easily span as much as 20 feet. Eastern white pine is a particularly good wood for timber framing as it is easy to work with being a softwood but it is well behaved when properly treated and is quite strong for its weight.

Eastern white pine is one of the most popular choices found in heavy timber frame construction all over the united states and beyond. Pine is a very stable wood. Rogers artist designer and craftsman ted lott creates beautiful miniature timber frame structures with eastern white pine using found vintage furniture and other objects as. Moderately soft moderately low in strength moderately durable and moderate shrinkage.

The heartwood is light brown sometimes with a slightly reddish hue. Eastern white pine pinus strobus the moderate timber.