completelyclueless
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Hello,
I'm planning on building a desk top by joining together some planks lengthways, probably using pocket joints.
I've been looking for some timber for delivery online and have found that regularised, C16/C24 graded timber is a lot cheaper than similar sizes of PSE and PAR timber and with this being my first project I don't want to blow the bank. My question is, how much variance in width is there in regularised timber compared to PSE?
Sadly I don't have access to any machinery that I can use to plane the timber myself and won't be able to fit it in my hatchback to take it somewhere else to get it planed. I'll be going for a slightly rustic look anyway, so I don't mind really tiny gaps in between the planks but nothing too crazy.
As a sidenote, the desk will be about 6ft in length; with this length of wood and no support in the middle, would C16/C24 graded timber be needed in any case to reduce sag?
Thanks
I'm planning on building a desk top by joining together some planks lengthways, probably using pocket joints.
I've been looking for some timber for delivery online and have found that regularised, C16/C24 graded timber is a lot cheaper than similar sizes of PSE and PAR timber and with this being my first project I don't want to blow the bank. My question is, how much variance in width is there in regularised timber compared to PSE?
Sadly I don't have access to any machinery that I can use to plane the timber myself and won't be able to fit it in my hatchback to take it somewhere else to get it planed. I'll be going for a slightly rustic look anyway, so I don't mind really tiny gaps in between the planks but nothing too crazy.
As a sidenote, the desk will be about 6ft in length; with this length of wood and no support in the middle, would C16/C24 graded timber be needed in any case to reduce sag?
Thanks