Thread: More battens - more pine?

Looks like Tasmanian Oak to me.

And alll nicely quarter sawn, too.

Originally Posted by rod1949

Looks like Tasmanian Oak to me.

That's sounding more useful then!

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

And alll nicely quarter sawn, too.

Yep - the wrong way for what I wanted but there is a heap of it so hopefully some of the other pieces are sawn other ways.

Originally Posted by RSD

Yep - the wrong way for what I wanted but there is a heap of it so hopefully some of the other pieces are sawn other ways.

So why is it sawn the wrong way? Quarter sawn is the most stable with no cupping.

Originally Posted by rod1949

So why is it sawn the wrong way? Quarter sawn is the most stable with no cupping.

For a 30mm thick cutting board these would need to stand on their edge which would place the grain horizontally and its generally recommended for cutting boards that the end grain be vertical or at least 45 degrees on the diagonal. I'm not sure what difference it makes - just going on what I've read and seen on youtube.

You'd see the advice to have the end grain be vertical as that means the boards used would be quartersawn. Without any joinery to constrain it, a plain or rift sawn board is likely to cup. Having breadboard ends on a board or panel is one method to limit the cupping. Using quartersawn timber is another - quartersawn will still move but due to the direction of movement, it won't/shouldn't cup much if at all.

Originally Posted by rod1949

So why is it sawn the wrong way? Quarter sawn is the most stable with no cupping.

True enough, but back sawn may have more interesting grain patterns. That beautiful flame cedar on colonial furniture was all back sawn.