Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: Cutting up Elm
I took down an Elm in my mom's yard for her today and I saved a lot of
crotch/gnarly looking pieces for turning. I'm think I'd like to make a
few lidded boxes, which I have not tried yet!
My question is should I cut timbers from it across the grain or with
the grain?
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: Re: Cutting up Elm
<thumphr@south40.org> wrote in message
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I took down an Elm in my mom's yard for her today and I saved a lot of
crotch/gnarly looking pieces for turning. I'm think I'd like to make a
few lidded boxes, which I have not tried yet!
My question is should I cut timbers from it across the grain or with
the grain?
-Terry
Answer: yes.
only a little facetious here. If you have a nice log and it sounds like you
do, cut for all sorts of stuff. As a rule of thumb, cut the pieces about
four inches longer long grain than you plan to need and Anchorseal the ends.
This will prevent most cracks plus give you some leeway for small endcracks
depending on how long it is before you rough out the pieces.
Take a look at preparing green wood on my site for a few more tips.
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