If I decide to work with (green) pine, I should assume the joints will shrink/ tighten up  upon drying, right? Most of the wood I work with is reclaimed lumber from decades ago (I'm luckey!!!!)  so, the idea of dealing with wood movement.....  let alone a green pine tree movement....  is something I have to learn how to deal with.
     I hope you folks are doing well. I'm trying to get through the hundreds of tiny strips of wood I have that I save in order to make coasters or cutting boards with....  a long process.
     I just "scored" part of an old tobacco barn....  white oak, I think. That tired wood will become something great!  I just hope I have a part in making it great!
  cheers,
bird.

I once hauled a load of timbers from an old cotton gin in North Carolina for a couple of guys in New Orleans. They sold the stuff for high dollar for use as exposed ceiling beams in fancy homes.

Old Timbers are awesome in my world!  They have knots, twists turns, and bends that most other peices of lumber do not have.  Hope you are well.
cheers,
bird.

If both the mortised piece and the tenoned piece are green, both will shrink, and you will get no particular advantage.  But an old country furniture makers' trick was to mortise into green stock, and make the tenoned piece from seasoned wood -- the mortise shrinks and binds tightly around the seasoned wood of the tenon.

Quote from: Branson on April 04, 2013, 09:11:05 AM
If both the mortised piece and the tenoned piece are green, both will shrink, and you will get no particular advantage.  But an old country furniture makers' trick was to mortise into green stock, and make the tenoned piece from seasoned wood -- the mortise shrinks and binds tightly around the seasoned wood of the tenon.

THANK YOU for that!!!  I knew there was something I was supposed to know about mortise and tenons and green lumber.  That makes sense....  one stable, dried out board...  constant moisture content,    and a green piece of wood.
cheer,s
bird.