Quarter Sawn

[Johnherbert]

Just gearing myself up for my first bit of milling and have a bit of dilema.Im wondering how you decide if you should just plank it up and hope it doesn't distort in time or quarter saw it and plank the quarter sawn sections.The quarter sawn pieces have less chance of twisting but you get smaller planks.And just how do you get set up to mill quareter sawn timbers ?

[Rob D]

To start with if you're new to milling don't worry about quarter sawing. Just focus on through sawing, getting everything cutting right and then stickering and if possible banding your boards afterwards.

 

 

After you master this then you can look at quarter sawing - but really it's only worth it with good size trees at least 3 foot diameter.

 

 

[Johnherbert]

To start with if you're new to milling don't worry about quarter sawing. Just focus on through sawing, getting everything cutting right and then stickering and if possible banding your boards afterwards.

 

 

After you master this then you can look at quarter sawing - but really it's only worth it with good size trees at least 3 foot diameter.

 

 

 

Thanks for that advice,saved me a lot of wasted time.

[Big J]

There was quite a length thread about this just a few weeks ago - might be worth looking at. Welcome to the forum btw!

[bobh]

As Big J said there was a thread about this the other day.

It had enough info on it to convince me I don't need to 1/4 saw anything until I know a LOT more about the actual milling

[MikeTM150]

As Big J said there was a thread about this the other day.

It had enough info on it to convince me I don't need to 1/4 saw anything until I know a LOT more about the actual milling

 

[morten]

There was quite a length thread about this just a few weeks ago

 

I believe this is the thread being referred to: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/milling-forum/43277-quarter-sawing-oak.html