My fingers are crossed

metalspinner · February 22, 2006, 05:44:12 PM

Wha do you ya'll think will happen?

Tn_man and Teenswinger sold me a big chunk of oak with plenty of burl figure in it. I resawed the 6" x 6" cant into 1/4" "veneer" slices. This was then stacked with stickers every 12". I have a small fan and dehumidifier in the hallway with the stack. (This is donwstairs in the basement where my wife seldom goes. Shhh. ;)) I think it will dry pretty flat. I can then send it through the drum sander to use as veneer in a project.
Am I living in La-La land? Will this work? My thought is that it is so thin and drying relatively slow that I can avoid drying stress'.

These burled sections are every 12" -16".
I guess everyone can place there bet's as to what will happen! :D :D

eagles nest · February 22, 2006, 06:06:01 PM

you need to weight it down to control warping i would think a fan might be to much at first

metalspinner · February 22, 2006, 07:10:19 PM

I took the pics before I put on the weight. Sorry I didn't represent the full story with the pics The fan is in the room about ten feet from the stack just to keep the air moving in the room - hopefully to curb mold growth. Do you think I should turn it off? Maybe, if the surface of the wood is dry mold won't form?

TN_man · March 02, 2006, 04:12:10 AM

Chris,
Please let us know how this turns out. There is another log that came from the same tree that I am going to purcahse today. We may wait to cut it until we can purchase a slabber.
By the way, how did you cut it so thin? May be I don't want to know :

Sure is beautiful wood, huh?
Jeff