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Yeah it’s generally a bad idea to leave the center pith in your project. However, I often buy a nice clear 2x10 (or 2x8 or whatever) that has pith down the mid
by beervirus 6y ago
Yeah it’s generally a bad idea to leave the center pith in your project.
However, I often buy a nice clear 2x10 (or 2x8 or whatever) that has pith down the middle, and then just rip it into 2x4s that avoid the pith. The overall quality of the wider boards tends to be much better than the garbage that gets made into 2x4s at the mill.
- war1025 6y agoThis reminds me of something I heard on a Woodwrights Shop episode I was watching. He mentioned that since 2x12s require such a big cross-section of a tree, you can usually rip them down and end up with really nice quarter sawn lumber from the two ends of the board. He was making a desk with the wood I think.
- itsananderson 6y agoFor anyone wondering about quarter-sawn wood, this article has a pretty good rundown of what it is, compared with other lumber cutting techniques and their properties. https://www.grandior.net/what-is-the-difference-between-plain-sawn-quarter-sawn-rift-sawn-and-live-sawn-lumber/ https://www.grandior.net/what-is-the-difference-between-plai...
- TwoBit 6y agoGod that article is so confusing because it says quarter sawn is one thing, then says it's another thing and has multiple diagrams directly in conflict with each other.
- beervirus 6y agoThat’s a great point. I was just thinking about knots, but the grain direction is a big plus too.