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Offline vfauto

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« on: December 07, 2011, 07:17:26 pm »
Still new to milling and would like to know how much should be allowed for shrinkage, cupping and warping? If I would like to have 4/4 after planning what should it be rough cut to? ??? Right now I have Oak,Maple,Pine and Cherry.
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Re: shrinkage
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 07:39:01 pm »
every species i cut i oversize the width by 1/2"  the thickness if you want to end up at a full 1" after planing i would saw atleast 1-1/4 thick , ya it seems thick but, when a peice is cupped its nice having a little more material to work with.
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Re: shrinkage
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 07:40:57 pm »
My experience with cherry is, if it has white on one side and red on the other, it takes the weight of a Mack truck to keep it straight.
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Re: shrinkage
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 07:46:32 pm »
i got some cherry thats about dry in the kiln,i sawed it from 24" logs, customer wanted some wide boards so knowing better i sawed him some wide boards. well guess what you could use the boards as a salsa dish they cupped that bad :)before i plane them i'll split them in half or by the time i got the cup planed out he could use it as a vener skin ;D
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