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28th March 2014, 07:47 PM #1Member
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Slabbing some Silky Oak
Hi all,
looking for advice on cutting up some silky oak.
i have two halves of a 6 long tree trunk. It's about 20" dia.
i slabbed one half at 2 1/2 " thick, alternating the cut sides so as to achieve a quarter sawn result.
See here: http://geoffmonty.blogspot.com.au/20...ished-now.html
im pleased with the result in terms of straight and true, but the 'silky oak speckle' i was hoping to find is not very evident.
any thoughts on an alternative cut before I start on the second half?
thanks in anticipation.
cheers Geoff.
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29th March 2014, 12:40 AM #2
For the best ray fleck (speckle) it has to be cut right on the medullary rays, it only takes a little angle change and the pattern quickly reverts to the mesh/lace pattern, the smaller the tree the harder it is to achieve the speckle for boards of any width.
Pete
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30th March 2014, 06:43 PM #3Member
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Hi Pete, many thanks for the information. I took a section and cut it at small changing angles and indeed the speckle appeared and disappeared again. Cheers Geoff.
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30th March 2014, 07:37 PM #4
No worries Geoff,
Just to add the M. rays are the thin lines that radiate out from the pith (center of the log), look on the end of the log/board, if you know all that ignore my ramblings or for more info google medullary rays.
Pete
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2nd April 2014, 08:20 AM #5Member
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Not ramblings Pete, your input most welcome and mighty helpful. Thanks n cheers Geoff.
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