quarter sawn wood poll

hegan · Post by **hegan** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:42 pm

I have about 20 boards of quarter sawn ash being kiln dried right now. The gain of the lumber is straight as it gets and it got me thinking. Does this lumber need to be ripped and glued in order to make a core?

Dtrain · Post by **Dtrain** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:04 pm

No, but if a crack starts it will travel all the way through. If in strips the crack stops there. Kind of like a "fire break". There will be a slight bit less toritionall stiffness also....theoretically. Nice hard wood for a one piece core though. Skidsmond did the same thing with ash I believe. He never reported any problems.

gozaimaas · Post by **gozaimaas** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:41 pm

I would be concerned about the board cupping over time.
Rip it up, its not that much work really.

MontuckyMadman · Post by **MontuckyMadman** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:20 am

stuff bonds better to the end grain as a vert lam

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:55 am

It would kill me to slice it up. I'd save it for furniture

But for ski building it's better to do a vertical laminate. Slice it up.

hegan · Post by **hegan** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:38 pm

skidesmond wrote:It would kill me to slice it up. I'd save it for furniture But for ski building it's better to do a vertical laminate. Slice it up.

Yeah it is going to be tough to slice it up but I'm going to do it.

vinman · Post by **vinman** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:36 pm

the vert lam will be much more stable than 1 solid plank.

It is probably more cost effective to buy flat sawn lumber, rip it and then turn it 90 deg when you re-laminate.

hegan · Post by **hegan** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:52 pm

vinman wrote:the vert lam will be much more stable than 1 solid plank.

It is probably more cost effective to buy flat sawn lumber, rip it and then turn it 90 deg when you re-laminate.

I know a guy that does lumber as a side job so the price was better than flat sawn from a lumber yard.

MadRussian · Post by **MadRussian** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:28 am

hegan wrote:I have about 20 boards of quarter sawn ash being kiln dried right now. The gain of the lumber is straight as it gets and it got me thinking. Does this lumber need to be ripped and glued in order to make a core?

I picked up yesterday same quarter sawn ash. Now I see what you mean. It's a beautiful looking wood and grain perfectly vertical.
Sometimes ago on YouTube I saw video from one of the big manufacturers and sure looks they using solid wood not sliced up.
I'm going to use it with other wood so it gets sliced up anyway

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