Woodworking # 4 – Feeling Forest
As any carpenter can tell you, your first trip to a lumber merchant can be a little intimidating. In fact, my first trip more than a little frustrating. In this video, I will cover some issues and the terminology that will help you, will be better prepared for your next trip to the lumber yard. Only a few of the topics covered include the identification of the types of cuts, the estimated board feet, and find a good supplier of wood.
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me encantan tus videos,gracias a ellos puedo hacer muchas cosas en mi carpinteria que antes no hubiera sabido hacer graciasssss
Best buy is what is known as a centre board, from a through-sawn log. The centre-board is in effect 1/4 sawn but it’s going to be wider than a board sawn from a quadrant shaped section of the log. (Which is how timber is ’sawn on the quarter’.) It’s easier to talk about cubic feet. A board 12 feet x 12 inches x 1 inch thick is 144 cubic inches ( a cubic foot). Your board-feet system would drive me nuts!
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Yup. Of course there could be some unique circumstances where it would be very useful ( like guitar necks).
Thanks. I’ve got a few pieces of flatsawn korina that I’m thinking of laminating that way around for use as a guitar neck. When you say it’s not really functional, do you mean that the dimensions aren’t really useful because it effectively becomes a 1″ wide board?
Definitely not a stupid question. The answer is yes. Its not really a functional board when oriented that way. But technically yes, that would be quartersawn.
Stupid question: IF I got a flatsawn board and turned it on it’s side would that not make it quartersawn or close to it?
funny video
i agree 100% nothing makes me more pissed than getting what looks like oak,cherry,walnut ect. off the side of the road only to see that it is particle board
Thank you SO MUCH for creating and publishing these videos; I am a newbie in woodworking and this is just great . Thanks!
great information. Thanks
death to imitation wood wood veneers.
I liked the explaination of quarter, rift and flat-sawn lumber and how the wood is expected to expand. Some great tips I really never knew about before…thank you!
I like yopur videos
You Guys great!!!