Blue42
ArboristSite Member
This topic is a little bit off for milling, but I can't find it on the web at large.
I'm finally using some of the chestnut oak I milled to make a barn door for inside the house. There are end splits in most of the slabs, including the ones I'm going to use for this.
1) Will wood glue by itself or epoxy by itself stop a split from spreading? Or do you need a butterfly too?
2) Also the split goes most of the way, to all the way, through the slab. Is there any reason not to put the butterfly all the way through the wood too?
3) When you first cut your slabs and you see a split developing on the end, will cutting it off a few inches up from where the split stops really stop it from progressing, or will it just open up again?
I'm still pretty new at milling, but I wonder if there is a fast way to treat your slabs before you stack them to keep the ends from splitting. Whack a two ended nail/anchor in on spots you see a split started? Anchor Seal isn't doing the job for the pieces that really want to split.
I'm finally using some of the chestnut oak I milled to make a barn door for inside the house. There are end splits in most of the slabs, including the ones I'm going to use for this.
1) Will wood glue by itself or epoxy by itself stop a split from spreading? Or do you need a butterfly too?
2) Also the split goes most of the way, to all the way, through the slab. Is there any reason not to put the butterfly all the way through the wood too?
3) When you first cut your slabs and you see a split developing on the end, will cutting it off a few inches up from where the split stops really stop it from progressing, or will it just open up again?
I'm still pretty new at milling, but I wonder if there is a fast way to treat your slabs before you stack them to keep the ends from splitting. Whack a two ended nail/anchor in on spots you see a split started? Anchor Seal isn't doing the job for the pieces that really want to split.