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Quartersawing questions

Started by trees, February 03, 2003, 09:05:24 PM

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trees

I am thinking of having some ash, oak and cherry sawn for use in a few years. Will then be made into flooring, shelving and ? when I remodel a house. Thinking of having it quarter sawn because I like the look and it may? dry on stickers more stable.  
Wondering if this is true and if the yield from the log is less when sawing this way. It will all be sawn 4 or 5 quarter.
Any thing else I should know or consider? Thanks, Trees.

Tom

You will definitely get less lumber.  The procedures to get vertical grain are more labor intensive and produce less product than flat sawing.  In some cases it is worth the effort though.  

Make sure your logs are large enough to attempt this though. I shy away from quarter sawing logs less than 20" in diameter.
There are some other threads here on Quartersawing that will give you an idea why.

The thickness of 4 or 5 quarter is good to maintain

Click this for one of the longer threads



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