Stick with the video until the end. He offers tips on how to approach your hardwood dealer in the proper manner and armed with USDA Forest Service documentation to help support your request for a refund.
I saw that too! If I was in a smaller town and my comments had more effect I would probably return the wood.
In a big city where they get all kinds of customers probably not. And especially now that lumber is a 50/50 thing. It's take it or leave it.
Oddly I don't have much issue with this problem except for maple. It seems the every time that I have purchased maple in the last 10 years I have had a lot of internal stress being released when ripping. HOWEVER the last batch was great except for one board.
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