this is my first attempt to finish rough cut wood for interior use.

i was given about a thousand bf of big leaf maple rough cut full
dimension 2 x. it has been stacked in an open shed and now has a
moisture content around 16%. it has been down and covered for several
years and some pieces have a little spald in them. i will need to resaw
most of this. would it be better to resaw now or later and then stack to
dry? same for thickness planing.
any advice will be appreciated.
thanks!

chuck b:-)

chuckb wrote:
this is my first attempt to finish rough cut wood for interior use.

i was given about a thousand bf of big leaf maple rough cut full
dimension 2 x. it has been stacked in an open shed and now has a
moisture content around 16%. it has been down and covered for
several years and some pieces have a little spald in them. i will
need to resaw most of this. would it be better to resaw now or
later and then stack to dry? same for thickness planing.
any advice will be appreciated.
thanks!

I really don't know but I'd wait...if you resaw now the pieces will
start curling toward the drier outside. Planing shouldn't be a
problem if you plane more or less equally from each side.

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i was given about a thousand bf of big leaf maple rough cut full
dimension 2 x. it has been stacked in an open shed and now has a
moisture content around 16%. it has been down and covered for several
years and some pieces have a little spald in them. i will need to resaw
most of this. would it be better to resaw now or later and then stack to
dry? same for thickness planing.
any advice will be appreciated.
thanks!

chuck b:-)

Saw now. Restack (and sticker) and maybe clamp down with heavy
weights preferably indoors. The stuff may warp with tensions
released after the resaw. Let the stuff air dry for a few months and
check the moisture every so often. Resaw only what you can easily
store and dry and there are those projects that will want a 2"
thickness. Plane and size as needed when you are doing the project.

Pete

wrote:
i was given about a thousand bf of big leaf maple rough cut full
dimension 2 x. it has been stacked in an open shed and now has a
moisture content around 16%. it has been down and covered for several
years and some pieces have a little spald in them. i will need to resaw
most of this. would it be better to resaw now or later and then stack to
dry? same for thickness planing.
any advice will be appreciated.
thanks!

chuck b:-)


Saw now. Restack (and sticker) and maybe clamp down with heavy
weights preferably indoors. The stuff may warp with tensions
released after the resaw. Let the stuff air dry for a few months and
check the moisture every so often. Resaw only what you can easily
store and dry and there are those projects that will want a 2"
thickness. Plane and size as needed when you are doing the project.

Pete

thanks!


chuck b:-)

dadiOH wrote:

chuckb wrote:

this is my first attempt to finish rough cut wood for interior use.

i was given about a thousand bf of big leaf maple rough cut full
dimension 2 x. it has been stacked in an open shed and now has a
moisture content around 16%. it has been down and covered for
several years and some pieces have a little spald in them. i will
need to resaw most of this. would it be better to resaw now or
later and then stack to dry? same for thickness planing.
any advice will be appreciated.
thanks!


I really don't know but I'd wait...if you resaw now the pieces will
start curling toward the drier outside. Planing shouldn't be a
problem if you plane more or less equally from each side.



thanks
chuck b:-)

"chuckb" wrote:

i will need to resaw
most of this. would it be better to resaw now or later and then stack
to
dry? same for thickness planing.

IMHO. leave wood in raw form.

Machine on a project by project basis.

Once machined, get it installed, don't leave it laying around.

Lew

Lew Hodgett wrote:

"chuckb" wrote:


i will need to resaw
most of this. would it be better to resaw now or later and then stack

to

dry? same for thickness planing.


IMHO. leave wood in raw form.

Machine on a project by project basis.

Once machined, get it installed, don't leave it laying around.

Lew


i was hoping the resawn wood would dry faster but i think i just need to
be patient!

thanks.
chuck b:-)

"chuckb" wrote:

i was hoping the resawn wood would dry faster but i think i just
need to
be patient!

Remember the cartoon of a vulture sitting in a dead tree looking down
at the road below?

The caption below read:,

"Patience my ass, I want to kill something".

Lew