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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mainebill, post: 1893020, member: 44004&quot;]Actually not true up until about 1850 sawn lumber was NOT cheap!! All boards had to be sawn by hand or by water powered sawmills up until the invention of the steam engine many pieces that weren&#039;t long we&#039;re split rather than sawn.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is amazing what I seen in my more then 20 years of working on old houses and antique furniture of how they tried to. Save on lumber especially fine woods like mahogany walnut curly maple etc. was the industrial revolution that changed all that. On another coin and construction note nails were sold by size and larger cost more due to the cost of the iron so a 4 penny nail cost 4 cents a hundred a 16 penny nail cost 16 cents a hundred etc&nbsp; nails weren&#039;t cheap back then!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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