old pardner
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Does anybody have experience with sawing boards from wild cherry, I’ve heard they warp Easy if not sawed right. The saw mill guy doesn’t have much experience and wanted to cover my bases thanks for any insight
That stack wasn't milled yesterday as inferred? Looks like too much checking and mold going on?
This cherry was milled about 6 weeks ago, 10/4. It's in the center of the stack. Couldn't get a good picture of the ends but the split is where the tree was branching. Seems to be pretty straight.I've never had any problems with cherry warping and that was 5/4 up to 20" wide. That is without the pith in the boards and most of sapwood edged off.
View attachment 833625View attachment 833626View attachment 833627 This cherry was milled about 6 weeks ago, 10/4. It's in the center of the stack. Couldn't get a good picture of the ends but the split is where the tree was branching. Seems to be pretty straight.
Yeah that’s a nice stack of Cherry.Here is a stack of 5/4. No warp or twist in the whole stack.
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Thanks guys. Just seal the ends with a deck sealer or what would u recommend, I do flooring but I don’t use any exterior sealers except poly. Thanks again. I thought of making tree into tongue and groove flooring just because the trees about as old as the house so I’d like to incorporate it, plus I have 5 more at least 30” trees. I would guess there almost as old as house 1917.
Anchor Seal or Red Guard are superior products but expensive overkill imo. (I’m a cheapo!)
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