Comments on: Douglas Fir vs. Pine https://www.h2ouse.org/douglas-fir-vs-pine/ Home Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:53:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Aaron https://www.h2ouse.org/douglas-fir-vs-pine/#comment-174609 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:53:10 +0000 https://www.h2ouse.org/?p=8134#comment-174609 I’m deciding between Alder, Douglas Fir, and Poplar for building chairs that will mostly be indoors but sometimes outside for late night events.

Alder is smooth but can have lots of knots. Poplar has no knots but can be hairy and typically is not quartersawn. The heartwood is rot resistant. Douglas Fir might make me breath too much aroma over time, and can wear down blades faster, but is very stable and rot resistant. Finding good fir is an issue though. Most is in planks, not the 3/4″ slabs I want.

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