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Elm
August 31, 2016, 03:36:11 PM
Got a call on some Elm logs, looks like around 20". I've never cut any, how does it cut or how does the wood do, maybe cutting into live edge slabs?
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YoungStump

#1
August 31, 2016, 05:11:45 PM
In my experience it cuts very easily but usually has a lot of tension. It can be a very beautiful wood.
Echo Enterprises 45HD2 production series band mill, Cook's Edger, sawing mostly pallet cants, rr ties, and grade lumber.

cliffreaves

#2
August 31, 2016, 06:51:11 PM
I just sawed about 700 bd ft of elm into 2" slabs.  It was quite easy on my saw and blades compared to white oak.  It seems to have a pretty high moisture content, mine isn't dry yet, but no problems thus far.

WDH

#3
August 31, 2016, 08:50:53 PM
Elm has spiral grain like sweetgum and sycamore.  Can be difficult to dry straight and flat.  Beautiful grain, though. 
Woodmizer LT40HDD35, John Deere 2155, Kubota M5-111, Kubota L2501, Nyle L53 Dehumidification Kiln, and a passion for all things with leafs, twigs, and bark.  hamsleyhardwood.com

YellowHammer

#4
August 31, 2016, 11:19:01 PM
Elm is a "restless" wood, it like to move around a lot as it dries. It's pretty easy to saw, but when it's green, it's heavy as lead.  It also has a very characteristic bird feather grain pattern, very nice looking.  We sell a decent amount of it.  Put a lot of effort into centering pith and watching for stress because elm has a pretty high potato chip factor as it dries, with lots of movement and potentially lots of culls.


YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust

Ianab

#5
September 01, 2016, 04:23:19 AM
It has a reputation for moving as it dries. Probably best to saw it a little oversize. Means you have the meat to joint and plane a board straight again after it dries.

Once dry it's a strong and nice looking hardwood, great for furniture etc.
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Chuck White

#6
September 01, 2016, 06:33:47 AM
It saws really nice when fresh cut, I don't know about after it dries!
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WDH

#7
September 01, 2016, 07:36:29 AM
It is tough and very hard to split.  They used to make wood wagon wheels out of it.  The latewood pores are arranged in distinctive wavy bands.
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