milling walnut

[dryadlad]

Pretty new to milling , but landed a common walnut job for this week . Milled a couple of pieces at 2.5 inches thick which cracked almost straight away . Is this normal for walnut ? Should it be milled thicker to avoid this ?

[shendy]

Just the ends cracking or the hole piece.

[dryadlad]

One piece at 2m long pretty much split in half . Ive got the main stem to do tomorrow just don't want to make a load of firewood .

[se7enthdevil]

pictures would help mate.

 

if it has star shake they can just fall apart. how big is the log?

[gobbypunk]

Hi I am not surewhat the prob could be as walnut is a very stable timber was it a very hot day and thebut very green is the only thing I can think , paint the ends with p v a glue as soon as milled will help , sorry cant be any bigger help , good luck with the rest

Cheers Mark

[devon TWiG]

was the middle in the middle ? ie did the tree have a heavy lean / unbalanced ? and a lot of reaction wood ?....

[agg221]

The second comment suggests that this may be a branch? If so, which way round you mill it will have a big bearing on balancing stresses.

 

Alec

[dryadlad]

Milled the main stem today , no cracking at all . Think it could have been some over zealous wedging . Got out some really nice planks , I'm hooked

[Gerbutt]

Pics???

[Rob D]

Some pics would help identify what the cause of the cracking is but could be tension in the log or shake... over zealous wedging would not cause this.