I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around and it
seems a shame to burn it. What would you do?

Looking for some out of the box ideas!

Mike

Rive it, and then sell it to chairmakers. It's what we use for the backs of
windsor chairs.

"Mike" wrote in message
m...
I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around and it
seems a shame to burn it. What would you do?

Looking for some out of the box ideas!

Mike

What does "rive it" mean?

Mike



"mark" wrote in message ...
Rive it, and then sell it to chairmakers. It's what we use for the backs of
windsor chairs.

"Mike" wrote in message
m...
I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around and it
seems a shame to burn it. What would you do?

Looking for some out of the box ideas!

Mike

On 16 Oct 2004 09:47:48 -0700, (Mike) wrote:

What does "rive it" mean?

Split it by hand into radial, tapered boards. You do it with a tool
called a froe - a long flat blade with a slightly sharp edge, although
it's used more as a prybar than as a cutting tool.

Several logs later, I'm still trying to learn to rive a usable board.
OTOH, I now have firewood for the whole winter.

You drive the froe down along the log by hitting it with a wooden
implement called a froe club. I'd tell you more about it, but the
first rule of froe club is "you do not talk about froe club".

"Mike" wrote in message
om...
What does "rive it" mean?

Mike

buck it into about a 5 foot length, then split it lengthwise with the grain,
from one end to another. You've heard of riven oak, or a split rail fence?
The rails are split out of the log lengthwise.

Andy Dingley wrote:
[snip] first rule of froe club is "you do not talk about froe club".

I belong to the Two-in club. We should hold a joint meeting and get a
bit of that back and forth flow going.
gurk,
j4

" You drive the froe down along the log by hitting it with a wooden
implement called a froe club. I'd tell you more about it, but the
first rule of froe club is "you do not talk about froe club".


That's funny! the key to using a froe and riving oak is to make sure you
have equal mass on each side. If you don't it will always run out to the
thinner of the two. I've never tried to rive a board -- I'm always riving
chairbacks and spindles -- so it really only needs to be about an inch and
half square.

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:15:35 GMT, "mark" wrote:

the key to using a froe and riving oak is to make sure you
have equal mass on each side. If you don't it will always run out to the
thinner of the two.

Thanks - worth remembering.

How green / dry is your timber ? I suspect the stuff I'm using is a
bit too dry.

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Fri, Oct 15, 2004, 6:34pm (EDT-3) (Mike) who claims:
I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around snip

I would say that would depend on what you mean by "around".
http://local.yahoo.com/results;_ylt=...tfilt=24263283



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How green / dry is your timber ? I suspect the stuff I'm using is a
bit too dry.


I use green when I can get it -- it steams quicker since there's already a
lot of moisture in the wood. Dry works too, but you need the grain to be
almost perfectly straight to get a straight split -- at least in my
experience.

I would say that would depend on what you mean by "around".

the saw mills around here won't take residential trees. There's too much
chance of nails and bullets and what not in them that can be a danger to the
guys at the mill.

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:30:42 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On 16 Oct 2004 09:47:48 -0700, (Mike) wrote:

What does "rive it" mean?

Split it by hand into radial, tapered boards. You do it with a tool
called a froe - a long flat blade with a slightly sharp edge, although
it's used more as a prybar than as a cutting tool.

Several logs later, I'm still trying to learn to rive a usable board.
OTOH, I now have firewood for the whole winter.

You drive the froe down along the log by hitting it with a wooden
implement called a froe club. I'd tell you more about it, but the
first rule of froe club is "you do not talk about froe club".




there is no cabal...

Sat, Oct 16, 2004, 8:16pm (EDT+4) (mark) now says:
the saw mills around here won't take residential trees. There's too much
chance of nails and bullets and what not in them that can be a danger to
the guys at the mill.

Then check on someone with one of the portable bandsaw mills.
They'll even come to your house. And, no, I'm not gonna look any up.



JOAT
Flush the Johns.
- seen on a bumper sticker

Sat, Oct 16, 2004, 4:41pm (EDT-3) tells us:
there is no cabal...

Proof.
http://www.cabal.org/



JOAT
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- seen on a bumper sticker

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:15:09 GMT, jo4hn wrote:

Andy Dingley wrote:
[snip] first rule of froe club is "you do not talk about froe club".

I belong to the Two-in club. We should hold a joint meeting and get a
bit of that back and forth flow going.
gurk,
j4



if you want to have a joint meeting, you'll have to hold it in Canada.
that sort of thing is illegal in the united states.

(Mike) wrote:

I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around and it
seems a shame to burn it. What would you do?

Looking for some out of the box ideas!

Mike

Well, find a shop that sells/sharpens bandsaw blades. See if you can
post a note. If you were near my home in Michigan, I'd be out to try
it out.

My saw is a home bilt that uses 1 1/4 wide bands. First pass through
a yard tree is with a older band that is about done for. Can't
sharpen them too many times you know. Worst case, a band is 20 bucks.

Wes

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Mike wrote:
I live near annapolis md. There aren't any saw mills around and it
seems a shame to burn it. What would you do?

Looking for some out of the box ideas!

Build a caber, and start your own "Highland Games" ?