David Wadstrup
05-17-2011, 12:19 PM
Hello,
I have an enormous amount of hand sawing in front of me. All in 8/4 ash(I'm building a Roubo by hand). I've been taught that I should surface all sides and edges to help prevent the wood from warping, twisting, or cupping once it's been worked. So, I've been ripping the 5" wide strips I need out of 8" wide boards by taking an 1.5" off of each side. These strips are 8' long which means I have been making 2 8' long rip cuts per final strip. In other words, a whole lot of sawing. Here's my question: Do you feel this is necessary? Can I get away with justifying my strips to the edge of the board and making a single 3" cut to bring the board down to final width? I will after all be working the uncut edge with a handplane, and taking at least a little bit off of the surface. The lumber is at about 9% MC and is acclimated to my shop. Or do I need to continue taking off a more sizable amount by ripping? Does this make sense? What do you think?
Thanks for you suggestions,
David
I have an enormous amount of hand sawing in front of me. All in 8/4 ash(I'm building a Roubo by hand). I've been taught that I should surface all sides and edges to help prevent the wood from warping, twisting, or cupping once it's been worked. So, I've been ripping the 5" wide strips I need out of 8" wide boards by taking an 1.5" off of each side. These strips are 8' long which means I have been making 2 8' long rip cuts per final strip. In other words, a whole lot of sawing. Here's my question: Do you feel this is necessary? Can I get away with justifying my strips to the edge of the board and making a single 3" cut to bring the board down to final width? I will after all be working the uncut edge with a handplane, and taking at least a little bit off of the surface. The lumber is at about 9% MC and is acclimated to my shop. Or do I need to continue taking off a more sizable amount by ripping? Does this make sense? What do you think?
Thanks for you suggestions,
David