rough lumber

Sawmill's raw output

Rough lumber is wood that has been cut at a sawmill but not planed or sanded smooth.

The surfaces show saw marks and may be uneven, unlike the finished boards sold at hardware stores.

Rough lumber is typically cheaper and used when appearance doesn't matter or when the woodworker plans to do their own finishing: I bought rough lumber for the shed framing.

Related

unfinished · splinter · grain · wood grain · knots · bark · sawn · hardwood · softwood · pine · oak · milling · stacked · weathered · warped · dimension · framing · studs

Categories
Opposites
processing/finishing state

rough lumberdressed lumber

Wood milled smooth

finished lumber · hardwood flooring · tongue and groove

surface quality

rough lumberpolished wood

Smoothed, shiny timber surface

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G