Square feet vs board feet and the Doyle rule question

beenthere · February 19, 2013, 01:53:49 PM

Too much lecturing for me. Seems few to no-one is really interested in the disertations.
I might be wrong tho.

mesquite buckeye · February 19, 2013, 02:44:01 PM

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POSTON WIDEHEAD · February 19, 2013, 04:22:22 PM

mesquite buckeye · February 19, 2013, 04:30:22 PM

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on February 19, 2013, 04:22:22 PM

Yo tambien

tyb525 · February 19, 2013, 05:53:59 PM

I'll just stick with width x length x 1" for one bys. It is easier that way and even the woodworking magazine I read uses it.

Maybe if I become an NHLA certified lumbered retailer I will measure that way. But I've never had a complaint. I'd throw an extra board or two in to make them feel better.

5quarter · February 19, 2013, 06:00:56 PM

Very interesting to me at least. Thanks for all of that info Gene...how much do I owe you? :D :D
In other news, I've got somewhere north of 3mbf of bridge timber I got a couple months ago and my plan is to resaw it into flooring. I've done plenty of this before, but they were a all full 2x12s and I was simply resawing into 1xs. The stuff I currently have varies in thickness from 2½-3" and is all 12½" wide. even though it's about 60 years old, it's in really good shape with very little rot. I'm thinking I may have enough wood to skim cut the top and bottom of each plank and split it into 1xs. By skim cut I mean that I want take off just enough to true up the timber but leave much of th weathering and defects. What I'm wondering is how many blades will I be destroying to get the look I'm after? I wouldn't try to skip plane it for fear of embedded gravel, so the saw is my only option I'm thinking. any ideas on how to minimize the blade carnage?

tyb525 · February 19, 2013, 06:13:22 PM

My first thought would be powerwashing.

customsawyer · February 19, 2013, 08:43:55 PM

5quarter · February 19, 2013, 08:54:13 PM

Tyb525...yes, I do power wash...I should have mentioned that. Power washing gets about 80% of the dirt. Maybe there's something else I could do to get out the remaining grit? These are all tight grained doug fir, mostly knot free.