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7th March 2011, 12:46 PM #1
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Newbie question about rough sawn Blackwood
Hope this isn't too dumb a question but my locally available rough sawn Blackwood is 25mm thick. Is the intention that when this is dressed it will yield 19mm thick stock? Up till now I've always bought readily available DAR stock, either pine or Tas Oak, and I have no experience of rough sawn wood. Is it difficult to dress the wood yourself? - wouldn't want to make a mess of it. I don't have a jointer or planer so I'd have to make use of the local men's shed. Thanks.
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7th March 2011, 01:18 PM #2
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Sounds fine to me. I've dressed rough sawn timber before and usually lose 5-6mm to make it DAR. It isn't hard at all to do, as long as you have the machines available to you. I would think your local mens shed would a jointer/thicknesser.
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7th March 2011, 05:22 PM #3
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Yup 25mm rough sawn should usually dress down to 19mm. If your local mens shed is well equipped as ours is then dressing the board is a breeze.
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7th March 2011, 06:16 PM #4
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What they said. Your local mens shed should be a resource and dressing the timber shouldn't be an issue. What are you panning on making? Oh, by the way welcome to the forum, there are no silly questions and there is a wealth of experience here to draw on.
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7th March 2011, 07:36 PM #5
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agree with the above, with the following caveat:
wriggly, bowed, buckled boards = more wastage.
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7th March 2011, 08:57 PM #6
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Thank you
Thank you for all the responses to my query. These forums really are a great resource for beginners like me. Catherine
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9th March 2011, 03:35 PM #7
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Originally Posted by Clinton1
To add to this:
If like this, you can reduce wastage if you cut boards down to close to their final use dimensions, (slightly o/s), before machining, and then cut to final size.
regardsAlastair
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9th March 2011, 06:10 PM #8
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Take you time selecting the timber. Just don't let someone serve you from off the top of the stack. Run your eye along it and check for bend and twist. It is nominally 25 off the saw but could be less. It's easy to finish up thin if you start having to take out twist.
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