Furrows appearing over night

[gobbypunk]

Hi everyone, so sadly we making a coffin for a close friend, out of western red, the board in question was sanded to a 120 came in today and its developed some furrows I have never seen a board do that before, twist or crack yes, just thought I would see what you all thought

Cheers Mark

[AHPP]

Fingernails. Are you sure they’re dead?

[Rough Hewn]

Shrinkage?
Or zombies?
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[Squaredy]

5 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

 

Hi everyone, so sadly we making a coffin for a close friend, out of western red, the board in question was sanded to a 120 came in today and its developed some furrows I have never seen a board do that before, twist or crack yes, just thought I would see what you all thought

Cheers Mark

 

A bit unusual - I am guessing it was not seasoned timber?

[gobbypunk]

Hi no not seasoned but still odd like I said never seen a board do that and now more of them have gone like it,will defo keep an eye on the zombies 

[Badgerland]

12 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi no not seasoned but still odd like I said never seen a board do that and now more of them have gone like it,will defo keep an eye on the zombies 

Yeah. I've had this happen a few times before with WRC that was cut for cladding by a local sawyer. It was cut in the summer and I just assumed it was due the wood drying too quickly resulting in the cell walls collapsing. I've heard that eucalyptus can do the same thing but not actually seen it.

Would be interested to know the genuine reason as I use WRC from time to time but this would wreck the end product.

[Rough Hewn]

Wood filler?
Are you painting it after?
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[gobbypunk]

Um no not painting the undertaker needs the finished thing for tuesday lunch time I have trim to hide all the joins so I dont need to be that accurate just screw and glue as long as it looks ace its getting burnt in the end ,hopefully the furrow zombies didnt visit in the night 

[Paul in the woods]

I've got this on some WRC boards I'm seasoning for bee hives. The wood was poor quality with a fair number of dead knots, ok for me as I don't need long lengths. I assumed the trees were grown on a wet site and so the timber was wetter than usual, but I'd be interested to know for sure. 

[gobbypunk]

Hi everyone ,thanks for your thoughts I did put the boards by the woodburner to try and dry them enough to put the orbital sander on them .