Since lumber is very much unfinished wood; it has almost no direct uses and has to be made into something useful. Lumber is the basic product straight out of a sawmill and supplied in planks or boards; the tree was felled and then cut up into pieces of various standard sizes for width and thickness. The only other work carried out on lumber would be to smooth off the rough sawn surfaces on one or more sides and also to dry out or cure the wood. This explains why a piece of 2 by 4 only measures 1½ inches x 3½ inches – the wood can shrink during drying and wood is removed if the sawn edges are smoothed.
When you go to buy Lumber In Laguna Niguel CA; it is this basic piece of wood that you will be offered. It might be a softwood; such as pine; or, a hardwood like teak; but it will be very plain and unfinished in appearance. What happens to it next depends on two factors:-
1. What purpose do you have in mind for your piece of raw Lumber In Laguna Niguel CA?
2. Are you skilled in such crafts as woodworking, French polishing, cabinet making and other aspects of carpentry? (Assuming that you have all the necessary tools).
If your intentions for the plank of lumber are nothing more than to place it on some brackets attached to your garage wall and use it as a shelf; then that should be within most people’s capabilities and only require tools commonly found around the average household.
Color & Appearance
Traditionally, we associate woods with particular colors; especially the likes of mahogany, teak or rosewood; it may come as a surprise to many that, in lumber form, these woods look nothing like the richly colored version of the same wood on display in an up market furniture store. Not only has the lumber that entered the furniture factory been planed, sanded, cut, shaped and assembled; but the finished piece of furniture has been through a process that they call “finishing” which sinks the color into the wood without hiding the grain structure.
If you are buying Lumber In Laguna Niguel CA to make yourself a new front door or a kitchen cabinet; then, you are going to need all these furniture factory skills for the job to be a success. Most people have no choice but to; either hire a skilled craftsman; or, purchase ready made doors, cabinets, etc.
For Lumber In Laguna Niguel CA; you should take a look around the showrooms of Capistrano Hardwoods in Orange County; for both raw lumber and finished wood products.
