Good, clear video. As an ex-boat builder I generally wanted quarter sawn for its greater stiffness over its length perpendicular to its width and reduced chance of warping.
My pleasure. You are starting at a great age. Don’t give up. You have your whole life ahead of you. You have the time and ability to master your trade.
Excellent video! Beautiful sample of maple. You packed a ton of information into a four minute video. Well done. Thanks for not wasting my time on fluff and filler. Pete
Thank you for a simple and clear explanation. I have been down countless 🐰 holes for that exact information. I am so grateful for the time you've taken to create your content!
Well the verdict is out on that one. Sometimes yes and sometimes no. It’s specific to that piece of wood, how it was dried, how it was Stored, and how long it was stored. However the thing we can see is stored up tension. Also just the rule of thumb is thin highly figured wood regardless of type of cut is unstable
simple and to the point . Not only is quarter sawn a 40% loss in product. It's also a 80% increase in labor to turn the wood accordingly to achieve the 40% loss as earlier mentioned. This 80% can seem like 300% when working with a manual mill or non-assisted log turn mills(guilty) closing comment; quarter sawn is labor intensive, with little yield for time and effort involved. But it does produce a higher tier of lumber that is not as prone to warping and shrinkage compared to flat sawn. too bad you don't have more likes and comments.
Yes it’s the part that I didn’t go into detail on the video. It seems these days everyone want Quartered Material but don’t want to pay the price and or don’t care the true cost it is for the sawyer
If you had a birdseye log, would you flat, rift or quarter saw the log? What would you suggest? I have a sugar maple with bird, but creating wood bowls did not show the birds to well so I am thinking of sawing the next log. By the way great videos!
Flat Saw Only. The eyes only go so deep. In general the eyes are the largest and most prevalent just beyond the Bark them the diminish or shrink as you go to the heart
