curlyoak Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Hi Spanky. Thanks for joining us. Does the 20% waste due to quartering change and reduce waste when the log is a lot bigger? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Welcome in, Spanky! How far East of Nashville are you? Rick keeps telling us how nice your product is, I may just have to make tge drive one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Welcome in, Spanky! How far East of Nashville are you? Rick keeps telling us how nice your product is, I may just have to make tge drive one day! He's about 10 minutes south of McMinnville. It's about a 20 minute drive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 3 hours ago, curlyoak said: Hi Spanky. Thanks for joining us. Does the 20% waste due to quartering change and reduce waste when the log is a lot bigger? Thanks No, the bigger the log you have, you have more cuts and more dust waste. To quarter saw and get the wide boards that all woodworkers want you need at log that needs to be spilt with a chainsaw in half. I have a few quarter sawn white oak boards that are 14.5” wide. That log was 54” on the butt end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Man i wish i was closer. I'd take you up on the offer of putting me to work to learn how sawing goes. I wish there were more species available quarter sawn except cherry not a huge fan of QS cherry. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 16 hours ago, Spanky said: They are alot of work in getting the quarter sawn lumber. I think, all woodworker should get to help saw, quarter sawn lumber for a few hours. The guys, that have helped said they didn’t know it was that much work. I haven’t got Rick to help. LOL Way to old for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Old enough to know better , smart enough to know not to volunteer ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Chestnut said: Man i wish i was closer. I'd take you up on the offer of putting me to work to learn how sawing goes. I wish there were more species available quarter sawn except cherry not a huge fan of QS cherry. Welcome! As a guy who sits in front of screens most of the day like I do, you would probably love bucking boards on a mill. I do it about once a quarter. Last month we quarter sawed a sycamore that about maxed out his wood-meizer 75. It was s pita but gave amazing boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 McMinnville is about 2-2 1/2 hours from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, Bankstick said: McMinnville is about 2-2 1/2 hours from me. Aren't you down near Choo Choo? I can get there in about an hour and twenty minutes. The man has furniture grade Tennessee hardwoods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Cleveland. No easy way to get there. Cross Chickamauga Dam or go up I-24 and cut across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 From Cleveland you would go to Dayton and from Dayton to Dunlap and up the mtn on Hwy 111. Should be around 2 hrs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Its about 3 hrs for me, but I plan on making that trip, eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Wecome, Spanky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socoj2 Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 On 7/20/2018 at 10:44 PM, Spanky said: Quarter sawn sycamore, white oak , red oak, cherry, walnut , red elm, ash, beech what about hickory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 You can quarter saw any tree that’s 24’’ are bigger. But, they need to be around 30’’ are bigger if you want some 10’’ wide boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Spanky said: You can quarter saw any tree that’s 24’’ are bigger. But, they need to be around 30’’ are bigger if you want some 10’’ wide boards. Love hearing from sawyers, so with the way you described your quartersawing method, I believe you cut the wood like this off the quarters? I believe this would give you true quatersawed boards in your first 6 cuts or so and then a more rift cut boards after that with a chunk of waste wood once you are finished, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Yes, that’s how I quarter saw lumber you get about half quarter sawn and half rift sawn lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 All woodworker will ask, how wide are your quarter sawn board’s and then the price. You need big log’s to quarter them up in four quarter’s. Your first board the widest board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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