Am I asking for trouble ?

[Mdotflorida]

I have just received an order of 3 cu ft of sawn 2 square edge quarter sawn oak. I intend to use it for the tops and drawer fronts of some bedroom pieces. It was delivered as 2 boards, 1 inch thick x 20 inches wide x 12 ft long.

20 inches is just about wide enough for the tops I need. Am I asking for trouble if I use a single wide board (assuming it stays reasonably flat after acclimatising for a couple of weeks), or should I cut it down and joint it up as 3 or 4 separate boards ?

Thanks Jeff

 

[Alf]

Jeff,

20" wide? Quarter sawn? Sheesh, lucky man. Why on earth would you want to saw it up and rejoint it? You only do that when you can't get boards wide enough, IMO. Although I bet before the day is out someone will have come up with some specialised task that always requires multiple boards - in which case don't use 20" wide boards. :lol:

Cheers, Alf

 

[DomValente]

No,No,No, don't use them,send to me and I will return the equivalent in lots of lovely 3" boards.

Dom

 

[devonwoody]

3 cu.ft Oak, that must weigh nearly one and a half cwt. and thats only the top and drawer fronts.
You had better pop down the supermarket and get some beef steak in and build up those muscles.

 

[Mdotflorida]

3 cu.ft Oak, that must weigh nearly one and a half cwt. and thats only the top and drawer fronts.
You had better pop down the supermarket and get some beef steak in and build up those muscles.

My wife wasn't happy when she got roped in to help the man in a van unload whilst I was at work !!!

Jeff

 

[devonwoody]

3 cu.ft Oak, that must weigh nearly one and a half cwt. and thats only the top and drawer fronts.
You had better pop down the supermarket and get some beef steak in and build up those muscles.

My wife wasn't happy when she got roped in to help the man in a van unload whilst I was at work !!!

Jeff

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

 

[Neomorph]

I thought you only joint and "smile and frown" when it's NOT quarter sawn. Proper quarter sawn should be pretty stable and unlikely to cup or warp... hence why it's more expensive than the B&Q variety (not that B&Q would ever stock Oak...

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