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A lot of furniture builders buy cheap, rough-sawn wood online, especially when working with hard-to-get exotic woods, extra-wide boards or boards with a live edge (bark still on). Shipping will be expensive and returns may not be an option, so make sure y

Tips for Buying and Using Rough Lumber. By Tim Johnson. This story originally appeared in American Woodworker Magazine, October 2001, issue #89. 1. Start out thick. Rough lumber thicknesses are measured in 1/4-in. increments. The thinnest rough-cut boards