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What is the suggested Rough Sawn size for this? I'm not sure how much pecan will move.
I'm not sure how much pecan will move.
Quote from: E-Tex on February 16, 2022, 03:21:38 PMI'm not sure how much pecan will move. More than a worm in hot ashes . Pecan is bad to kink at the knots .For a finished full 1” thick, kiln dried to 8% and planed, saw at 1 3/8” thick green. You should yield pieces from 3 feet to 8 feet long kiln dried and finished planed to 1” thick if your target sawn length is 8 feet. It also depends on how flat the boards need to be. Flat as in perfectly flat boards for a tabletop. If 8 feet long is the target length, and you saw at 1 3/8” thick green for a final kiln dried and planed thickness of a full 1”, figure about 60% of what you saw will finish out at the full 8 feet length, and the other 40% will finish out from 2 feet to 7 feet long. This assumes dead flat on the jointer on one face then planed to a 1” clean face on the other. As to width, 1” over for 6” finished width and 1.5” over for 8” finished width should get you to 80% of the boards finishing out at full width and the other 20% will likely be to narrower widths. I am talking about 4-square and perfectly flat to exact width. If all the boards had to be a full 8 feet long, I would saw 140% of the bf you need for length. Log quality also makes a huge difference. Most of what I saw are orchard trees where it is difficult to get a clear 8 foot log. Above that is limbs with huge amounts of tension wood. In your area where pecan grows natural, your log quality will likely be better with longer clear boles and your yields should be better than mine. Pecan is a hickory, and hickory will vex you and cause you to cuss and swear . Don’t deal with it around children and anyone offended by such screaming and haranguing. Of course you already knew that part, Lance .
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