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As you get started with woodworking, it is important to note that the "nominal" sizes for the lumber are actually different than their actual sizes. You often hear a stud referred to as a 2x4, which means it was 2 inches by 4 inches at one time. The reason they refer to lumber by their nominal size is because that is the size the wood was when it was cut at the lumber mill. That does not take into account the shrinkage that happens to the wood when it is dried and the material that is…

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Timber Framing is a Very Old Building Tradition Timber Framing is an ancient building method that goes back hundreds if not thousands of years. The building method was developed as a way to build strong and secure buildings out of large pieces of wood, without metal nails, which were expensive and labor intensive to produce.

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