12-01-2013, 03:44 PM
Hi,
Thanks Gary; being handy with tools has one serious drawback; I'm forever being asked to do jobs so have now learnt to keep my head down.
OSB Gary is sheet board material and you will have seen it around; it is made up of what appear to be big flakes of wood compressed and glued. It's something I've never used but it is a common product and readily available;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriented_strand_board
Very well done Lawrence and thanks for sharing the interesting video. Working with so much oak must have been very satisfying and the finished job should last a great many years.
I've seen Oak timber framed buildings erected on TV and its always fascinating to watch. Many of the joints on these frames are hand cut although portable chain morticers speed the job up.
A number of times I've toyed with the idea of buying a stock of green oak and stickering it to air dry. One year plus one year per inch of thickness is the general rule for air drying. The last time I checked I could buy green oak at around £6 per cubic foot with dried oak costing around £23 per cube. (Ten years ago).
When I paneled the kitchen I bought a single 1" thick sawn board of Meranti and this cost £35 plus VAT.
Most members will have bought ready planed softwood but hardwoods such as oak are sold as sawn timber in random lengths and widths which can make it difficult assessing how much to buy for a project; hardwood can be bought machined to a cutting list but this can bring tears to eyes.
I can get high on the smell of timber and being in charge of the timber department at work I used to enjoy my daily fix.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Gary; being handy with tools has one serious drawback; I'm forever being asked to do jobs so have now learnt to keep my head down.
OSB Gary is sheet board material and you will have seen it around; it is made up of what appear to be big flakes of wood compressed and glued. It's something I've never used but it is a common product and readily available;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriented_strand_board
Very well done Lawrence and thanks for sharing the interesting video. Working with so much oak must have been very satisfying and the finished job should last a great many years.
I've seen Oak timber framed buildings erected on TV and its always fascinating to watch. Many of the joints on these frames are hand cut although portable chain morticers speed the job up.
A number of times I've toyed with the idea of buying a stock of green oak and stickering it to air dry. One year plus one year per inch of thickness is the general rule for air drying. The last time I checked I could buy green oak at around £6 per cubic foot with dried oak costing around £23 per cube. (Ten years ago).
When I paneled the kitchen I bought a single 1" thick sawn board of Meranti and this cost £35 plus VAT.
Most members will have bought ready planed softwood but hardwoods such as oak are sold as sawn timber in random lengths and widths which can make it difficult assessing how much to buy for a project; hardwood can be bought machined to a cutting list but this can bring tears to eyes.
I can get high on the smell of timber and being in charge of the timber department at work I used to enjoy my daily fix.
Kind regards, Col.
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