Pine board composition.

[u/CtrayX]

Learning to hand cut dovetails. Been a long week. Why are the insides of some of these big box pine boards like this? Some are solid and compact like the bottom board with the tails. Some are loose and falling apart like the top board with the pins. Why is this happening? Is it the board or me?

[u/noashark]

Yes to what everyone else but also, don’t let it create too much of a hang up for you. A lot of woods under 800 janka hardness will look ugly there but it’s fine because it’s hidden on the final product.