. . .I think. To get my feet wet resawing, I sliced a 15/16x11x24 roughly in
half. The odd thing was the what the two halves did after the cut. The two
halves immediately cupped out in opposite direction, sorta like, (), I would
have bet they would go , )), . Is this normal?
I need lots of practice but the Grizzly G0555 with the 3/4" Timberwolf blade
did not drift off but remained straight down the middle. I did not hold the
piece true vertical but not so much that it would be a problem in the
planer. I won't be planing the pieces as it was not a very good piece of
wood(cypress) to begin with. Any suggestions as to technique and/or/ fence
construction would be welcomed.
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SwampBug
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Yeah, my main wonder was why the two halves cupped opposite since the grain
was obviously same for both. I suppose tho the cupping was more due to the
inside being drier than the outside. My shop is not entirely enclosed and I
have actually seen fog in it. . .<g> The humidity the last couple of days
was near 100% and the temp around the mid 50's during the day as it was
today. Tomorrow will tell me more. I just put a pic on ABPW.
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SwampBug
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"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, "Mike G"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >Yes. it is or, at least, not uncommon.
> >
> >What you have done is exposed the higher moisture content inner wood and
> >unequilized the tensions in the wood.
> >
> >Put it aside for a couple of days and it should start to straighten out
as
> >the newly exposed wood gives up some of it's moisture. .
>
> I think it's the other way around. He said the two halves cupped like (),
> which indicates that the inside is *drier* than the outside. In any event,
> your advice to give it a couple of days is dead-on.
> >
> >Any freshly milled wood, especially if it has only been milled on one
side,
> >should be allowed to acclimate for at least a couple of days after it has
> >been milled.
> >
> >It's always a good idea to mill a couple of fractions oversized to allow
> >yourself some wiggle room should the wood not return fully to the desired
> >shape after it has acclimated.
> >
>
> --
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for
Miss America?
I was just over at American Woodworker mag site and saw an almost duplicate
case, see link below, as I posted. It was interesting to see that. It means
that wood would be very predictable if we understood it better.<s>
http://www.rd.com/americanwoodworker/articles/200008/main/page3.html
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"A Dubya" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This situation is not uncommon, in fact expect some waste. Sometimes it
> occurs slowly as you let the material aclimatize after its been resawn,
> sometime it is so acute, it will occur as you are resawing, and trip the
> breaker for your saw.
>
> Ah...the beauty of wood.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
Yes. it is or, at least, not uncommon.
What you have done is exposed the higher moisture content inner wood and
unequilized the tensions in the wood.
Put it aside for a couple of days and it should start to straighten out as
the newly exposed wood gives up some of it's moisture. .
Any freshly milled wood, especially if it has only been milled on one side,
should be allowed to acclimate for at least a couple of days after it has
been milled.
It's always a good idea to mill a couple of fractions oversized to allow
yourself some wiggle room should the wood not return fully to the desired
shape after it has acclimated.
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Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"SwampBug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> . . .I think. To get my feet wet resawing, I sliced a 15/16x11x24 roughly
in
> half. The odd thing was the what the two halves did after the cut. The two
> halves immediately cupped out in opposite direction, sorta like, (), I
would
> have bet they would go , )), . Is this normal?
> I need lots of practice but the Grizzly G0555 with the 3/4" Timberwolf
blade
> did not drift off but remained straight down the middle. I did not hold
the
> piece true vertical but not so much that it would be a problem in the
> planer. I won't be planing the pieces as it was not a very good piece of
> wood(cypress) to begin with. Any suggestions as to technique and/or/ fence
> construction would be welcomed.
>
> --
> SwampBug
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>
>
In article <[email protected]>, "Mike G" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Yes. it is or, at least, not uncommon.
>
>What you have done is exposed the higher moisture content inner wood and
>unequilized the tensions in the wood.
>
>Put it aside for a couple of days and it should start to straighten out as
>the newly exposed wood gives up some of it's moisture. .
I think it's the other way around. He said the two halves cupped like (),
which indicates that the inside is *drier* than the outside. In any event,
your advice to give it a couple of days is dead-on.
>
>Any freshly milled wood, especially if it has only been milled on one side,
>should be allowed to acclimate for at least a couple of days after it has
>been milled.
>
>It's always a good idea to mill a couple of fractions oversized to allow
>yourself some wiggle room should the wood not return fully to the desired
>shape after it has acclimated.
>
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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?