Author Topic: Quarter Sawn Walnut (Read 1357 times)

123maxbars · « **on:** October 04, 2017, 05:25:08 PM »

After reading Yellowhammer's post on quarter sawing I thought I would give that method a try. I don't think I got it just right but i like this method and will try to improve on it. I quarter sawed Walnut and it turned out great I thought. Made a short video showing the days work.

WDH · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2017, 08:08:58 PM »

"Goodness Sakes Alive, I get excited!"

123maxbars · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2017, 12:07:16 AM »

Quote from: WDH on October 04, 2017, 08:08:58 PM

"Goodness Sakes Alive, I get excited!"

thought you might like that TN humor! come on Danny, I bet you say the same thing sometimes!

Weekend_Sawyer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2017, 07:26:49 AM »

I enjoy your videos.
Thanks for posting.

Jon

Savannahdan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2017, 07:59:05 AM »

I'm having additional fun lately when I watch your videos by putting my headphones. Expand the video, listen through the speakers and enjoy! Thanks for posting.

YellowHammer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2017, 02:31:38 PM »

Quote from: 123maxbars on October 04, 2017, 05:25:08 PM

After reading Yellowhammer's post on quarter sawing I thought I would give that method a try. I don't think I got it just right but i like this method and will try to improve on it.

I was looking any the video, I would have started rotating the remaining half log maybe at the 5 minute cut, or certainly the cut ending at 5:59. Typically, since I know the halfway down, 90° cuts in the half log will be nice, I will be fully rotated so that I'm basically back to a conventional quarter log by the time I hit the halfway point or the pith midline. Seems you went deeper.

For that size log, I would probably have made two position rotations. Set it up like you had it, take the top wedge off, like you did, then take off a couple boards until I was one or two boards above the pith, or midpoint. Then I would have done the first rotation, maybe 25° and taken a wedge off. That would have left a 90° quarter, and I would have taken several boards from that remaining quarter, and after I lost the grain, made one more, few degrees rations, and taken the top off the remaining wedge, and sawn down through the rest. I probably explained it clear as mud.

OffGrid973 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2017, 04:00:27 PM »

Nothing better than the “solid wood” comment and knowing that feeling when you get that much work into the tree. Love the playlists:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLXD2MOgeo6IpYOwCzuJG7T3PbSXxNYl3Y&v=PDvL-gemluI

123maxbars · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2017, 08:18:15 PM »

Quote from: YellowHammer on October 05, 2017, 02:31:38 PM

Quote from: 123maxbars on October 04, 2017, 05:25:08 PM
After reading Yellowhammer's post on quarter sawing I thought I would give that method a try. I don't think I got it just right but i like this method and will try to improve on it.
I was looking any the video, I would have started rotating the remaining half log maybe at the 5 minute cut, or certainly the cut ending at 5:59. Typically, since I know the halfway down, 90° cuts in the half log will be nice, I will be fully rotated so that I'm basically back to a conventional quarter log by the time I hit the halfway point or the pith midline. Seems you went deeper.

For that size log, I would probably have made two position rotations. Set it up like you had it, take the top wedge off, like you did, then take off a couple boards until I was one or two boards above the pith, or midpoint. Then I would have done the first rotation, maybe 25° and taken a wedge off. That would have left a 90° quarter, and I would have taken several boards from that remaining quarter, and after I lost the grain, made one more, few degrees rations, and taken the top off the remaining wedge, and sawn down through the rest. I probably explained it clear as mud.

I get what your saying Robert, I am going to try again in a few days, I see the value in this method and getting better/more boards out of each log,

Larry · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2017, 09:39:58 PM »

About 20 years ago I was loitering in the office of a commercial walnut mill. I listened while one of the salesmen was telling a customer over the phone about this beautiful quarter sawn walnut that they were selling at a huge discount. He went on to tell the customer the quarter sawn walnut was so special it had a unique name....”Pencil Stripe walnut”.

He got off the phone and we just smiled at each other. The mill had a large walnut export order but the customer only wanted flat sawn with a minimum width. They were pulling all the “Pencil Stripe” walnut out.

Larry, not impressed by quarter sawn walnut....even if its pencil striped.

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