Needs repaired
I put a 14 foot piece of treated 2 x 4 into the lake one spring with two holes drilled in each end, and a rope connecting them so I could bend it like a Bow.
It took all summer of bending it some, letting it dry out, rebending it over and over, but a ended up with a 12 foot section bent into a quarter circle without splitting it, and it hasn't split in two years.
I built my house out of yellow pine and I suspect I picked up two pieces of scrap thinking they were treated, so I need to replace them with treated wood and everything needs restained, but it's held up for more than a decade!
Needs repaired
I put a 14 foot piece of treated 2 x 4 into the lake one spring with two holes drilled in each end, and a rope connecting them so I could bend it like a Bow.
It took all summer of bending it some, letting it dry out, rebending it over and over, but a ended up with a 12 foot section bent into a quarter circle without splitting it, and it hasn't split in two years.
I built my house out of yellow pine and I suspect I picked up two pieces of scrap thinking they were treated, so I need to replace them with treated wood and everything needs restained, but it's held up for more than a decade!