What are Resawn Lumber Sizes?

If you have never heard of “resawn” lumber here is a quick tutorial. It is lumber that has been cut so that you still have the original length and width as the original piece but you end up with two or more thinner pieces. All lumber can be resawn and is for a number of reasons.

• One of the main uses of resawn lumber is due to the fact that it is more economically efficient to buy larger pieces and have it cut down. In many instances one single board can produce several others with very little cutting.


• There is however some things you need to look out for. Some boards will come out wavy and a bit rough. That happens less with commercial mills process the cutting due to the fact they have special equipment to process the wood. Many times the operator of the saw will have a mistake or the equipment will malfunction. Dense wood provides the best results and regarding saws the band saws are the least reliable.


• Resawn lumber can be used for almost any application where wood is needed. Generally however it is used for situations where thinner wood is needed. Those would include door manufacturing, moldings and flooring. You may even find it in the guitar you play.


• As for the sizes of resawn lumber they do have some pretty standard sizes. The sizes that could be called standard would be thicknesses of 1/10-inch, 1/8-inch, 3/16-inch and ¼-inch. Widths can also be made usually from 1 ½-inch up to 13-inch widths being readily available.