Wood patio furniture is made from several sized of stock wood. Stock wood is the starting thickness and width of the wood the craftsman start with. The wood is then sanded down to remove all rough edges. There are three basic starting sized of wood that wood furniture manufactures use. There are others but this is the basic set.
1” – the wood starts at 1 inch thick and is sanded down to 5/8 inch thick.
1 ½’ – this stock starts at 1 and ½ inches thick and is sanded down to 1 and 1/8 inches thick.
2” – this stock is typically your 2 x 4 size. The thickness starts at 2 inches and is sanded down to 1 and ½ inches thick
The thicker the wood, the heavier the wood patio furniture will be. The thicker pieces of furniture also will cost more than thicker pieces of wood. A 2” thick ( sanded down to 1 ½ inches ) is about twice the cost of a 1 inch thick piece of furniture.
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