My first RRQS White Oak

[Brad_bb]

 I've had this 16' White Oak log in my shed for 4 years.  31" on big end, 25"  on small end. The outer 4 inches very dry and some checking.  One of the first logs I got.  Very clear, but had some twist on the outside. I needed some 4x6 Rafters so I decided to Quarter Saw the rafters not for fleck, but for dimensional stability.  Although some faces had full fleck, I tried to balance the the angle of the rings to the 6" face for symmetry.  So when done properly, they looked the same on both sides- full fleck on both sometimes, or small fleck on both sides. I oversized the rafter dimensions by 1/2" as I usually do for planing.  You can see I was marking the small end with a template to try to figure out how I was going to saw.  I did start out by chainsawing the butt to get a good amount of the taper off, then milling octagonally (gun barrel'ing) lightly.  I did cut the log into a 5 footer and 10 footer for the lengths I needed.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SawyerTed]

Very nicely done! 

[YellowHammer]

Well done, especially with a manual mill. 8)

[kelLOGg]

Looks like you got it. RRQS is my go-to method for QSing. Manual mills are so slow on log handling that adding a little more time to RRQS is worth it to see the fleck in every cut (usually).
Bob