Hi, I am looking for advice on cutting up a white oak log with my chain saw mill. I have been cutting up logs for several years now, but it’s been mostly maple, ash, and cherry. The problem with this log is that it is still standing but has been dead for some time. It has been dead long enough for some of the bark to have fallen off and I have noticed some fine checking on the wood. I have cut up some elm that has been standing dead for several years and found that although there was a fair amount of checking on them, the wood was not degraded too seriously. I have no experience with white oak so I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much degrade I could expect from this log as I would have to pay to get it.
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white oak is the most decay resistant wood we've got.. check for the holes of the death watch beetle (isn't that a cool name?)
so called because in the still of the early morning watching by the bedside of someone dieing you could hear the click click click of the beetle tunneling his hole.
If there aren't any 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter holes in the wood. you're home safe..
If there are, discard the pieces with the holes (check carefully) I would have it quarter sawn.. it develops a very pretty ray pattern that is highly prized.
to do that, saw the log in half length wise and then into quarters (lengthwise) slab cut it from there.
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