Why You Should NEVER Use 2x4s for Furniture Woodworking!

Working with softwood lumber in terms of furniture making items can be a challenge and using wet softwood even more so, wet wood shrinks sometimes warps and bends, frequently cracks and which makes wood joinery a challenge, especially for things like pocket holes or other mechanical fasteners, better solutions are mortise and tenon or larger dowels and sometimes even large loose tenon joinery might work. The way lumber prices are, furniture makers are selecting softwoods more and more, but it may not be the best choice! ******* More Videos of Lumber ******* Woodworking with Softwoods: https://youtu.be/Y87hFgZI0MU - Woodworking with Plywood - What You Need to Know! https://youtu.be/MYxgo4ULPr8 - How to Save on Lumber / Buying Wood https://youtu.be/ekr2OcvEF6E - Tree Felling & Milling My Own Lumber https://youtu.be/4Be8rq4na9E **************************************** Read Full Article Why Should NEVER Use 2x4s for Furniture Woodworking - https://bit.ly/3cNtFvZ *** Taylor Tools Affiliate Store - https://lddy.no/18zkg *** Amazon Affiliate Store - https://www.amazon.com/shop/woodworkweb *** Magswitch Affiliate Store - https://mag-tools.com/discount/COLIN_KNECHT *** Canadian Amazon Affiliate Store - https://bit.ly/38h1uib *** T-SHIRTS and Fun Stuff - https://teespring.com/stores/woodworkweb-2 **** Subscribe here - https://www.youtube.com/user/knecht105 ** Like me at Facebook: https://goo.gl/DLgvoa ** Visit the website: http://www.woodworkweb.com ** Follow on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/colinknecht ** Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/woodworkweb