Just a matter of curiosity. When you buck to length for a mill, what's an acceptable deviation from spec? For example, some time in the near future I'm gonna be cutting some locust for the boss' farm, and it'll be to 8' lengths. If I were doing this professionally, how tight is that spec held? 8.5' fine? 7.9' hard fail? Is overage better than underage? When cutting for my own milling purposes, I go way over size. If I want a 12' product, I'll usually buck to 13'. I sometimes have some problems operating the mill, so I allow for cutting off defects. Wood for my purposes isn't a scarce commodity, so waste isn't a problem. It can go in my wood stove.
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