Sycamore project #3

[julio]

David I'm glad you called b.s. because I would have ,come to think of it I think he had one in his front right pants pocket also.                          Jake when is the next one ????????????? 8) ;D one                                                                                                         

[Texas Ranger]

Julio, I just cannot make myself say it.

[WDH]

Let it go.  Just because he swung the door wide open, you do not have to rush through it (new old saying). 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Let it go.  Just because he swung the door wide open, you do not have to rush through it (new old saying).

Old Chinese proverb......ye who runs through a door wide open, may be surprised at the elevation on the other side.

[Texas Ranger]

Ain't no hill (elevation) for a stepper.  8) dancing-jack

[WDH]

I ain't gonna step into that  .

On another subject, the spiral grain woods like sycamore can be devilish.  Flat sawn, they are notorious for misbehaving.  Here is a perfect example.  The board on the top left was a jacket board, one flat sawn off the cant after the first slab was taken off.  You can see a little bark on the far end.  Compare it to the four boards to its right.  These boards were quartersawn.  Flat sawn boards, especially the first ones off the log in spiral grain wood like sycamore and sweetgum, almost always turn into airplane propeller stock.  Except that they don't make propellers out of wood anymore.  One week ago when these boards were stacked green, they were all flat, no matter how Customsawyer sawed em (he just sawed em and left em  ).   

If you want some junk, flat saw some sycamore, hackberry, or sweetgum.  As they say in the South, "That dog won't hunt". (Old saying).



 

You might say that it would have been fine if weight had been placed on the top.  Well, that is usually not the case.  The warp is in the board, weight or no weight.  With weight, you don't see the warp many times until you have the board in a project in a table top.  Then, it raises its ugly head. 

You cannot flatten a warped board in most cases.  Warped is warped (old saying). 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Should have used a "Power Box and Fan". :D

[WDH]

Oh don't worry.  There is a FAN. 

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

And if all else fails, Poston can always sell it for $300 !!!

[Texas Ranger]

Umbrella? Or bumbershoot as my dad would say.

[WDH]

OK, I will part with it for $300.  Free shipping. 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

OK, I will part with it for $300.  Free shipping.

Take that roller coaster board and make another "Low Country Boil" tray out of it.....put your stamp on it and auction it off.  :D :D :D :D :D

[WDH]

I think that Julio will cull it. 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

WDH......I looked back at your pic of the wavy board and I see a level.  :D
Did you really need a level?  :D :D

[customsawyer]

I think you should market that board as a fan blade. I tried making a couple fresh off of the mill.

[WDH]

Actually, I do level my stacks  . 

[thecfarm]

WDH,in a good way,I kinda figured you did. It can and does make a diffeance,I bet.

[Texas Ranger]

Best I can tell, Danny has always been on the level.   :laugh:

[WDH]

You weren't sure the first time that I met you at that Cajun place  ;D.  (

[Ga Mtn Man]

If you don't stack them level, the moisture in the lumber will run down to the low end causing uneven drying.  I read that somewhere on the interweb so it must be true.

[Texas Ranger]

If I remember correctly, a book keeper, accountant, and alcohol were involved.  8)

[Peter Drouin]

If you don't stack them level, the moisture in the lumber will run down to the low end causing uneven drying.  I read that somewhere on the interweb so it must be true.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Good one, As long as the pile is flat you will have good lumber. And as long as you don't pile the wood up side down. :D

[Dave Shepard]

I always pile on a hill, that way the capillary action of the water running out the low end will pull all the water out. :D

[WDH]

I hate it when I realize that I stacked all the wood upside down  :D.

[customsawyer]

That is like laying out a bunch of lumber then realize that you haven't sprayed the sides. ;)