milling hawthorn?

[agg221]

Hadnt thought about thin stickers - any danger of restricting airflow too much?

 

Should be fine with what you're thinking of doing. Yes - there is a risk if you make the stickers too thin, but it depends a bit on how wide the boards are too. If you are milling something around a foot across, and only stacking as a single width, you should be fine with 3/8" or 1/2" stickers. You could drop to 1/4" if you wanted, but it gets tricky to keep the boards apart if they aren't flat. Milling in Autumn I would go with 1/2" - or if you have wide boards (18" or so) then 5/8" or 3/4". It won't dry too fast at that time of year so you actually want to make sure it isn't too slow, so that it is as dry as possible by Spring.

 

Alec

[se7enthdevil]

alec's pretty much spot on there.

 

you should be able to get away with 3/8" or 1/2" stickers and as alec says, cover it and keep it out of the wind.

 

i would also seal the ends of the boards with a couple of coats of pva or other sealing solution.

 

if i've been given bits like strawberry tree which splits badly then i kept them in a shed to stop the wind altogether but i don't think hawthorn is quite as bad as strawberry tree.

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cheers Steve/Alec

 

will have to get on to Rob for the gear and get cracking although it will be October before I can get to it. Got to get the 076 fettled as well.

Hopefully get some pictures up once I am done.

Got a half decent stick of ash to do as well to get me into the swing.