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   WillGeorge | May 29, 2005 08:07pm | #1

   Just my thoughts so I could be wrong...

   If the place is good you should be able to ask the operator/boss/sombody to look at your log and ask what would they recomment for the best grade of cuts they can get out of it..

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   JeffHeath | May 29, 2005 08:57pm | #2

   angus

   I always mill my cherry "mill run", which is flitched.  That way you'll get a little of both.  I use cherry more than any other species, and love it flat sawn, but there are times when having some Qsawn is great, like rails and stiles for cabinet doors.  Can't beat straight grained stock for that!

   Jeff

   
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   WillGeorge | Jun 06, 2005 12:06am | #7

   J Please send address so I can break into your wood storage!

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   lwj2 | Jun 14, 2005 01:42am | #11

   I'll provide a truck. Even split?Leon Jester

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   ultrasea | Jun 15, 2005 10:45pm | #12

   I would like to attach a photo of a piece of cherry I had milled. How do I do that? I pressed the "Attach Files" button below and nothing happens. Oh where have I gone wrong...

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   GHR | May 30, 2005 12:49am | #3

   I agree with JHeath - just cut it though and through.

   I like 8/4 for all my wood - I use smaller pieces of thick stuff for legs and resaw bigger stuff for bookmatched pairs.

   If the sawyer is good, the heart can be boxed in the center slice.

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   KeithNewton | May 31, 2005 05:35pm | #4

   For that size log, for your own personal use, I agree with the others, of just sawing through and through.

   If you are going to be drying it yourself, I would suggest that you paint the ends ASAP. Be sure to de-bark it. It will attract powder post beetles more if the bark is left on.

   It is also recommended to start your stack up on some blocks rather than right off of the slab / ground to get better air circulation into the bottom of the stack.

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   JeffHeath | Jun 01, 2005 03:46am | #5

   rootburl

   Good advice about getting the logs off the ground as high as possible.  My pic doesn't show it, but my stack is on a 4x4 base.

   I left the bark on this stack, and have not had any problems with bugs.  I sprayed the heck out of it with Malathion 50 before milling it.  It has not affected the wood, and so far, no bugs in any of the boards.

   Jeff

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   angusj | Jun 02, 2005 07:15am | #6

   thanks guys I appreciate the advice.

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   user-126092 | Jun 09, 2005 09:01pm | #8

   Angus;

   I have had several logs sawn into lumber from people giving me the logs and I can tell you that there is no one right way to do it. Personally, before I committed to how thick to cut the boards and quartersawing and whatever, I would take a few days or longer if necessary, to think about the projects that I were going to build before I cut any lumber.

   If you are going to make say a matched dining room set for your wife, I would consider cutting the boards normanlly, ie. rift cut or flat cut, because quartersawing wastes a lot of wood and the boards are not as wide as normal, even thought they will be a lot more stable and look a lot pretier. However, this is the decision making process that YOU have to go throught. Also, as far as the thickness goes, I would not cut all of the boards the same thickness, because of all the different uses that you will have to make a project. For example, you might want to cut a couple of boards 2" thick for legs and drawer fronts that would be book-matched. Or, depending on the use, like a dining room table top or a buffet top, you might want to cut 2,3,or more boards a full 1-1/4" thick for the top or doors and drawers faces. Really, you are very fortunate to have the availability of a friend that gives away such pretty wood, so if I were you, I'd think a little while about the projects that I was going to build before I cut any boards.

   Let me know how it comes out and, when it's all said and done, the only one that has to be satisfied is you and your wife, if you are married. If not, then it's strictly a personal taste thing.

    

    

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   WillGeorge | Jun 11, 2005 08:05pm | #9

   If you are going to make say a matched dining room set for your wife, I would consider cutting the boards normanlly, ie. rift cut or flat cut, because quartersawing wastes a lot of wood and the boards are not as wide as normal, even thought they will be a lot more stable and look a lot pretier. However, I'd do it on some scrap wood and ASH HER FIRST if she like it!  Ya NEVER know!

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   ultrasea | Jun 13, 2005 12:19am | #10

   I'm not only new to this forum but almost as new to woodworking. I came upon a cherry log that a fellow was going to cut up into fire wood. I thought that would be an awful waist so I hired a guy with a portable mill to cut it into different thichness' of planks and now have it drying in my back yard. I hadn't known that cherry had so much grain to it. What a pretty wood. Now I just have to learn enough about wood working to make some things from it. It has a lot of grain which I didn't know cherry had. I was going to attach a picture of it but apparently I'm in a bad area for emails. It wouldn't attach. I travel a lot.