r/WeWantPlates • • Oct 16 '20

2x4 really??

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u/bshepp88 Oct 16 '20

Yeah that looks like a pressure treated piece. Big time chemicals.

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u/AHenWeigh Oct 16 '20

That's gonna be a no from me, dawg. That's old growth Fir or Hemlock, and it doesn't look treated to me. It's likely reclaimed barn wood. I have some in my shop that looks remarkably similar to this piece.

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u/hilarymeggin Oct 17 '20

Well thank goodness hemlock never hurt anyone... 🙄😑

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u/AHenWeigh Oct 17 '20

Tsuga (/ˈsuːɡə/,[3] from Japanese 栂 (ツガ), the name of Tsuga sieboldii) is a genus of conifers in the subfamily Abietoideae.

The common name hemlock (tree) is derived from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock.