I made 6 storm windows for my son’s 1930’s home and used spruce for the stiles and pine for the rails. The spruce has nice grain and worked well however it had a tendency to split. It was necessary to open some ‘splits’, squeeze in some glue and clamp them up. The grain, of course, will never been seen as they are painted. If I had to repeat the project I would use pine all the way through.
We get too soon old and too late smart!
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The problem is in most lumber yards you just get "white wood". Specifying a species is getting harder all the time unless you have a real good yard. Doug fir may have been the best for weather resistance in your case.
I have a good saw mill just 5 miles distant and can get many varieties, pine, spruce, white ash, red oak, walnut, cherry etc. The 8/4 piece of spruce was the right size for my project, but as I said, next time I would use all pine. The sawmill uses only local logs, so no western cedar or fur.
Dang, I wish I had something like that close by.
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