oday my mom helped me haul a suburban-full of 2 x 8’s to Conrad’s, where we spent the morning planing them.  Along with the new posts in the barn, they are also from the lumber I made years ago while clearing a piece of my friend’s woods.  They were cut extra thick so they can be re-straightened when planed, after they have finished drying.   My grandpa will be using these 2 x 8’s to frame in the new windows I am refinishing.