A few years ago I was given some rough sawn white oak that had been air dried for several years. When it was milled and stacked, it was stickered by other rough sawn white oak strips. (3/4″ x 1 1/2″)
After planing off the rough edges, some of the oak has discolored where the stickers were. The stripes can’t be sanded or planed off, and stain does not hide them.
Recently, I have been given a red oak log and a black cherry log. Soon they too will travel to the mill, but what should I use to sticker the lumber?
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A long time favourite for stickers is dry pine sticks at 25- 30 mm square. No tannin content, and because they're dry allow moisture to get out of the wood in initial drying stages. Some people move and restack the wood evry few weeks in early stages too which means the stickers get moved about a bit. Slainte.
RJFurniture
Sgian Dubh, no info in your profile and your email address on there does not work. Just curious as to your location or origin. Using metric and your handle and sign off - gaelic, I would guess. Ireland or from there. And most likely Southern Ireland. Am I at all close?1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go 4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
Rick, not quite right on a couple of scores, but close, and a bit of clicking towards the bottom of each of my posts will get you all the information you need. Hint-- look for a byeline in green, ha, ha. But you're right, I don't provide valid email addresses and profiles in forums. Slainte.RJFurniture
If you like to read, Here is a source for the info that you need.
http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi#reference
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