I have a question about lumber. Is it better to buy kiln or air dried lumber? I found a few places to buy some lumber at a good price if I pick up. Some of them say air dried 3 yrs., 5 yrs., up to 20 yrs. Others say kiln dried to anywhere from 4% to 10%. Generally I buy from my local lumber yard but want to get some rough lumber which I found is a lot cheaper to buy especially if you can plane and joint yourself. Being new to this any info on buying rough lumber would be appreciated. Anything a person needs to watch out for, etc.
I am also guessing that when they say S4S that it wouldn't need much planing if any or only to get it to the thickness you want. There ads says S4S, straight and ready to cut for your project. I did buy 7 pieces of 1" walnut off ebay which turned out to be some quite nice lumber for what I thought was a good price compared to my local lumber yard. It said light S2S. These boards will need some planing and jointing but I think will turn out to be a nice clock when I get it done.
Bernie