Saw Patterns

 

Nominal Size	Actual Size
2 X 4	1 1/2"  X  3 1/2"
2 X 6	1 1/2"  X  5 1/2"
2 X 8	1 1/2"  X  7 1/4"
2 X 10	1 1/2"  X  9 1/4"
2 X 12	1 1/2"  X  11 1/4"
4 X 4	3 1/2"  X  3 1/2"
4 X 6	3 1/2"  X  5 1/2"

 

Characteristic Shrinkage and Distortion
of flat, square and round pieces as affected by the direction of annual rings

Wood Structures - A Design Guide and Commentary, compiled by Task Committee on Status-of-the-Art: Wood Committee on Wood, ASCE Structural Division, 1975, p 12.

Timber Construction for Architects and Builders, by EW Goldstein, McGraw-Hill, 1999, p 2.11.

Timber Construction for Architects and Builders, by EW Goldstein, McGraw-Hill, 1999, p 2.16.