Hello,
I’m looking for wide boards measuring 19″ x 22″ long x 1 1/2″ thick. I would like to find these dimensions in Myrtle wood. If anybody has any Myrlte wood that they would like to sell and match these diemensions please let me know. It can be longer and am not totally against another species such as figured maple, figured cherry, Elm, something with character.
Any suggestions or willing sellers please feel free to contact me!
Thanks,
E. Anderson
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Anderson,
I don't remember ever seeing a piece of 19" wide hardwood. I have seen a very few pieces of softwood that wide; but they were all at least a century old.
Is there a reason this panel cannot be made from three or four narrower pieces that are properly jointed?
Alan
Alan, as I sit here my feet are resting on a stack of 22 inch wide burled oak. that size needs a 54 inch saw blade to make.. I can get boards up to 40 inch wide at another mill with a top and bottom blade set-up..
There is a good reason sometimes not to use glue-ups. It could be design thoughts or grain matching.
It could also be an ego thing (and why not? that's as good a reason as any) It could be because the glue lines will remove some of the attraction. Or it could be any number of reasons..
Hey frenchy, couldn't they use a big bandsaw to cut those monsters? Or does anyone beside that one mill I've seen on here do that anymore? Steve
I've seen large bandsaw mills in the past but I don't know of any that are operating today.. I don't know why that is either. I would think that a band saw mill would yield more wood than a circular saw could but every really large producer I know about seems to use circular saws..
I've heard BS stories about how a band saw produces too smooth a wood product. or won't saw straight. but I'm not certain that I believe it..
>>>I've seen large bandsaw mills in the past but I don't know of any that are operating today.. I don't know why that is either. I would think that a band saw mill would yield more wood than a circular saw could but every really large producer I know about seems to use circular saws..
Must be the part of the country you're in. Here in the midwest, I haven't seen rough limber with circular saw marks on it since I can remember. Everything I see has been cut on a band mill. The advantages over a circular saw in speed, yield, and maintenance are enormous.
I visited some mills in Eastern oregon that had bandsaw headrigs that cut in both directions so that they didn't have to traverse the log back for each cut, and will slice through a 48" pine butt at amazing speed. I wasn't able to measure the speed, but it had to be well over 100 FPM.
Michael R.
The only bandsaw mills that I see (and I see a lot of them ) are the wood misers. The rest of them here in Minnesota and Wisconsin seem to be circular saws..
Friends,
Teach me the tricks for using boards that wide so they don't cup. Do you use battens or kerfs? How is it done?
Frank
Pick boards that are as close to quarter sawn as possible.
Dry the wood as close as possible to the average moisture content it will have when placed in service.
Rough saw the boards thick enough that you can plane out the cup after the wood is dried and still have enough thickness.
Plan B: Work harder at grain matching so you can produce glued up panels that are not glaringly obvious.
I rip the board down the middle and glue it together again. The grain matches and it seems to solve the problem the 2 or 3 times I did it.
The only sawmill I've ever been through was the Pacific Lumber mill in Scotia, in Northern California. They use bandsaws that look like they could slice greyhound busses!
Anderson,
Tey contacting these folks: http://www.curlywoods.com. They specialize in figured woods and buy from all over the country. If they don't have something that will work for you they might be able to steer you to a source. Good Luck.
Doug
I have some H. Mahogany that size but I don't resell.
Most retailers can find boards that wide. The length is a bit short.
What part of the world are you in ? Lots of Myrtle wood along the southern Oregon coast. A few mills. I know I have seen that wide of material.
You might try search via a chamber of commerce for Coos Bay, South Bend, Florence, Reedsport, Gold Beach. Oregon.
I know that I stopped at one of the mills that specilize in Myrtle wood products, got the owner to give me a short tour of the operation. Then he wanted to sell it to me!
I will do some checking to see what I can find. I just love the wood. BTW did you know that to get that color they let it spoil and sour so that the sugar stains the wood.
Curt
Wood that wide is not at all rare. Try Hearne Hardwood, in Oxford Pa, and on the web. Hearne has a new bandsaw that I think does either 60 or more inches in width. He has some amazing stuff.
Alan
Alan
http://www.alanturnerfurnituremaker.com
You might contact this Myrtlewood factory and see what they can do for you. I did take a short tour of the mill and have purchased some rough lumber from them.
http://www.OregonMyrtlewood.com
or, I do not know anything about the next two.
http://www.myrtlewoodgallery.com/what_is_myrtlewood.htm
or
http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Merchant3/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WS&Category_Code=Myrtle
The last one is a retailer of Myrtlewood
Curt
Check out Irion Lumber on the net. Lewis Irion is located in north central Pennsylvania. I have purchased from him before. He has an unbelieveable volume of hardwoods in several species plus mahogany. He also had a lot of wides in curly maple, flamed birch and curly cherry.
I think I can help if you want Curly Claro Walnut. I just had a piece that size but 3" thick on E-bay and no bids on it. I'm not into selling my cherished walnut but I had a tree milled 4 yrs ago and am selling a few pieces to offset some my cost and work to get it.
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Charlie
Please visit our online store. Look under myrtlewood or rare/wide boards. If you don't find it call us @ 541-327-1000
http://nwtimber.catalog.com
Edited 3/10/2004 7:34 pm ET by nwtimber
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