I had the portable bandsaw miller out again yesterday. We did mostly white oak of variable quality and a couple prime red oak. We did a whole lot of 2x8x8 and 2x8x16 white oak for trailer decking. Plenty of stickering for next week. White oak, 2x8x8 decking boards White oak, 2x8x16 decking boards Red oak, flat and quartersawn Red oak, flitch sawn with partial live edge White oak 6x6x16 beam
Currently... No and no. I need to start marketing again. I have WAY more than I can ever use. I have sold a little pre-pandemic.
I've got another ~15 dead standing that I will be taking down this winter. Should make a nice milling session in the Spring.
What is "flitch sawn"? Don't think I've heard of that...or might be a typo... I could use a bunch of those WO boards!
A flitch is a board cut from bark to bark. So, if you just cut a log without rotating it, you will get all flitches, aka flitch sawn log.
No. Some people will also call it "plain sawn". When you saw a log like this, you will get a mixture of flat grain, rift grain and quarter grain boards. FWIW, people use these terms very loosely and it gets very confusing. Here's an explanation of flitches Boules and Flitch Wood in PA | Horizon Wood Products
Also, I'm still catching up with stacking and stickering this last batch of boards. Here's some really gorgeous, clean red oak. The wide (flat grained) boards are 6/4 x 14-16" wide x 8' 6" long. The narrower (quarter grained) boards are 6/4 x 6-7" wide. All from one log
I am glad you are catching up on stickering it my least favorite part of sawing I never seem to get caught up JB
