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It looks like they cut a single 43ft board from the oak, then cut that into 4 planks for the kiln and milling process. After that completed they would join them
by dahdum 6y ago
It looks like they cut a single 43ft board from the oak, then cut that into 4 planks for the kiln and milling process. After that completed they would join them back together. You lose at least an 1/8" for the blade width plus whatever they had to trim due to cupping, but that could be very difficult to see in the final top.
- johncalvinyoung 6y agoNo. There was only about 2/3 of the round log remaining, and they cut (a mix of quartersawn and riftsawn) ten planks out of it. All were full-length, but some were decidedly narrower or rougher than others. They chose four main planks to build the tabletop around, with a fifth full-length cut from one of the scantiest planks to wed the book-matched left and right center planks together, in the center. https://www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk/blog/quarter-sawing https://www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk/blog/quarter-saw... for diagrams of the plank cuts. https://www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk/blog/2019/11/1/selecting-the-4-main-planks-for-the-table-top https://www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk/blog/2019/11/1/s... for a description of the main plank configuration.
- dahdum 6y agoOh that's cool, thank you for replying. I got confused by the shot of them carrying a plank, thinking it was the rough full top.