Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how to pick and prep your lumber for better-looking and stronger projects. WOOD magazine's Jeff Mertz provides tips and tricks from the planning of lumber selection to the fine details of prepping your materials to be flat and true.

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