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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: summerjob on March 04, 2005, 11:40:09 AM
I am currently accumulating wood for my future house. I am preparing to have a variety of species of wood for flooring and walls. Should I quarter saw all species cherry, walnut, ash that I use for flooring? What is recommended for walls where I will do a form of tongue and groove with a V(don't know official name)?
Thanks in advance
There are several threads in the history of the forum on flooring, flatsawing and quartersawing.
In my opinion, floors laid for wear and stability should be quarter-sawn (vertical grain) regardless of the species.
Floors that are laid for looks can afford to have flat-sawn boards in them Flat sawn will provide the most ornamentation in softwoods and some hardwoods. Oak sawed vertical grained will show a great deal of ornamentation by the exposure of the medullary rays.
One reason to be careful with flat sawn boards is "shelling".
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/shelling.jpg)
It can be minimized by keeping the pith side down.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=8874.0
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=9150.0
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=9391.0
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=9836.0
........and more. Look for your wood types as well as flooring or panelling.
shelling
A lot of veneer mills have backing boards for sale. These can be 3/4 to 1 to 2 inches thick and a lot of them are perfectly quarter sawn. My kitchen cabinets are cherry all perfectly quarter sawn. Our big room floor is ash, again perfectly quarter sawn. Got the entire semi load of wood delivered for 300 dollars. Had a lot of veneer logs on also that had metal in them. The good deals are probably gone, but the backing boards are still available.