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Lenghts of stored wood.

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Andy Kev.

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This is just a general query. I'm about to buy some wood and luckily I have no need to store or dry out full sized planks. The largest size I will need for my next project (a couple of biggish bookcases) is 6 foot and as I intend to make them out of pine, the moisture content will or should settle fairly quickly, so storage for a relatively short time will not be a problem.

My question is, assuming that you too don't have the space to store full planks, what do you think the ideal storage length is? I'm tempted to think that most items of furniture e.g. cabinets, small tables etc could be served by storing in lengths of 4 foot. It also occurs to me that the critical dimension might be half of the stored length e.g. 6' gives you 2 x 3'. So 5' might not be a clever length at all.

Any thoughts?
 
I never buy for stock but generally order 10-20% over my project needs and keep whatever is left or that I acquire free.

Vertical storage is limited to around 9 foot but can store some longer pieces horizontally in a single garage if they turn up free.

A more significant (in-)decision for me is how short any offcuts need to be to go straight into the scrap bin.

Bob
 
Whatever you decide remember Roger's Second Law

If you find a piece of timber of the right length, the width will be wrong
If you find a piece of timber of the right length and width, the height will be wrong
If you find a piece of timber of the right length, width and height then you won't find enough of them.
 
It's about 2m for me in my 'shop (stored vertically) but for the sort of stuff I do shorter lengths will often suffice - Rob
 
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