Best way to put the "rough sawn" back onto a smoothed board?

[Günter VögelBerg]

If you want to approximate mechanical saw mill marks I have done this somewhat successfully using a variable speed angle grinder on its lowest speed with a coarse flap disc. It takes some practice to get the sweep consistent.

For rustic work I prefer to use a jack plane or scrub plane.

[Michael Costa]

Dress a handplane blade to get an attractive profile and use the plane to create a rough planed look for a "have your cake and eat it too" outcome.

Could you do that with a quality paint scraper? File in some dips and sharp point like spots? Seems cheaper than messing with a nice plane.

[Mike Ontko]

It looks like I came late to the party and you've already found a solution that worked for you. Turns out, that's the same solution I used for my barnwood bed project that I finished earlier this year. I started with red oak and used a slightly loose bandsaw blade to create the roughsawn look of pallet wood, then used a combination of three different stains to achieve a worn and weathered look.

[Peter Rawlings]

Looks like several hit on the same idea I had for bandsawn face. I did a ceiling in client's house in weathered t&g alder.

The jig
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The look after skimming face
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Weathered and not
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In process
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Complete

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[Mike Kees]

O.K. Peter please enlighten me,what did you use to "weather " the wood ?

[Peter Rawlings]

O.K. Peter please enlighten me,what did you use to "weather " the wood ?

Well Mike, I used Weatherwood, of course. Seemed appropriate...

https://www.weatherwoodstains.com/


Interesting stuff. It reacts with tannins and works differently than typical stains. I've sampled it on a number of hardwoods. White oak is pretty neat, gets very dark. The alder shown is one of the coolest looking IMHO. And as a side benefit, I can buy knotty alder almost as cheap as poplar. The $$ came in processing and I paid for the install with a really sore neck and shoulders from working over my head. was installed just like a hardwood floor.

[Mike Kees]

Thanks,Peter. This is a new product to me. Really like how it worked in your pictures. That job is real good looking to.

[Wes Ramsey]

If the rough lumber already has the look you want and is reasonably straight you could resaw off the rough face, size your lumber, then laminate it back on. For wiggly boards a simple frame or just a straight 2x6 screwed to the back side could straighten it enough to make it worth your time.