Ayatollah
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A lot of one of my stacks of milled oak have started splitting on one end. Would it be good to cut the ends off and re-seal them after the cracks, or is it just destiny to be split.
Stopping splitting and cracking
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I'm sure others will have better advice, but yes that's what I would do. Another bit if advice i was given is. Sometimes wood is just junk. Just takes time to realize it.
Are the stack in the sun on ends splitting?
Coat log ends as soon as you buck them.
Summertime, we stacked in the shade.
Coat log ends as soon as you buck them.
Summertime, we stacked in the shade.
Ayatollah
ArboristSite Operative
inch and a quarter thick x 8 to 16 wide
Ayatollah
ArboristSite Operative
yes, they were in the sun, but not all the time
Bill G
ArboristSite King
A 16" board will almost always crack.
And need to be free of any defects.
Long Bar 60
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Yes, sometimes wood really is just junk... and then it goes to Home Depot. LOL
WI_Hedgehog
You bought a WHAT???!!
You haven't been to Menards, have you?
Bill G
ArboristSite King
Not Oak
Bill G
ArboristSite King
Yep, there daily and they will never have a Oak board 16" wide that is not properly ripped into roughly 4" boards and glued together. If they have a 16" it is probably made from 1.5-3" piecesYou haven't been to Menards, have you?
Folks it is not rocket science................
As has been mentioned, coat edges immediately after milling. The end grains are like a wick and lose moisture the fastest. I also cover my stacks loosely with metal to keep the sun off of them.
Lastly, I run 3 -4 ratchet straps around the whole pile to help hold them together. Ratchets must be periodically checked and tightened a click or 2.
Lastly, I run 3 -4 ratchet straps around the whole pile to help hold them together. Ratchets must be periodically checked and tightened a click or 2.
Bill G
ArboristSite King
It...was....a.....joke......
Bill G
ArboristSite King
It's also supposed to help if your stickers are right out to the ends of the boards.
Does cutting wide boards from the area of flare near the ground/roots make the splitting more pronounced?
"one of my stacks of milled oak have started splitting on one end"
"or is it just destiny to be split."
you should get wide oak in that general thickness that does not split. It seems destined to drastically alter itself around big knots but getting a nice, uncracked piece and don't remember doing anything out of the ordinary should happen, sometimes.
"one of my stacks of milled oak have started splitting on one end"
"or is it just destiny to be split."
you should get wide oak in that general thickness that does not split. It seems destined to drastically alter itself around big knots but getting a nice, uncracked piece and don't remember doing anything out of the ordinary should happen, sometimes.
My son was just home on leave for 10 days. One of the things we did while he was home was to build a table out of some oak. When the kids were little I built a tree fort in this tree. A storm took it out. Felt like a waste to cut it up into firewood so we milled it down and repurposed it. Nothing fancy. Didn't bother running it through a planer. Just a quick couple passes with a belt sander on the table top and benches to take the roughness out. Live edge on the outer table edges and benches.
