I have found old fir to get a bit brittle to work, but don't let that stop you from using it it will be fine.
I have seen that construction at old farms, I have always assumed those structures were used for grain storage.
---Joel---

boatbuilder.org wrote:


I have found old fir to get a bit brittle to work, but don't let that
stop you from using it it will be fine.
I have seen that construction at old farms, I have always assumed those
structures were used for grain storage.
---Joel---
boatbuilder.org


Hello Everyone:

Thank you for the wood advice. I am not, by any streach, a boat
builder. But usually am adding or modifying somthing on my fibergflass
boat.

As far as the old growth doug fir studs... In OR and WA most the homes
built before the mid 1960s were framed with reasonably clear old
growth. I knew some hippies in the early 80s who were minning the stuff
durring building demos.

And whats with a home built with 2x4s layed flat!? I have seen one home
and one duplex in Oregon built that way. The duplex looked like a
standard 50s ranch home. No framming. Just 2x4s stacked. The floor, get
this... was 2x4 sistered togeteher like slices in a loaf of bread. That
incredible home was in Newport, OR. My friend Marvin Hamstreet lived
there for a while in the 1970s. I have a picture of it someplace. I
have also seen two other simular structures but they were "blasting
shacks." A place to store explosives. Not to be confused with a "skid
shack."

But enough of the goofy logging culture in the PNW.

Thank you again for the wood advice everyone. I shall continue using my
old 2x4s for those odd projects on my plastic boat.

Bob