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Pine
Pine is the budget-friendly softwood for first projects and large surfaces: light, widely available and fast to machine. Knots add rustic character to organic patterns.
Why choose it
- ✓Cheap and available everywhere
- ✓Fast machining, low tool wear
- ✓Light — easy wall mounting
CNC machining (Ø6 mm bit, indicative)
- ⚙Feed 2000–3000 mm/min, 16k rpm (Ø6 mm)
- ⚙6–8 mm per pass; resin build-up — clean bits often
- ⚙Support fibres near knots to avoid tear-out
Indicative speeds: always validate on an offcut.
Finishing and mounting
Pine blotches. It absorbs stain unevenly because early and late wood drink at different rates, so a conditioner before staining is not optional — without it a uniform colour is simply not achievable.
Knots bleed resin through paint, sometimes years later. Seal every knot with shellac-based knotting solution before priming, or accept amber stains appearing on a white wall.
It dents. Pine is soft enough that a knock during installation leaves a permanent mark, so handle finished slats carefully and fit them last, after the messy work in the room is done.
