Comments on: 3 Reasons to Use Quarter Sawn Wood https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Customer Service https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-8630293 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:51:47 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-8630293 In reply to Tim m.

Hello Tim, that’s correct. photos 6 & 7 are switched

]]> By: Tim m https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-8630150 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 07:25:28 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-8630150 Your images for the description of quarter and plain sawed wood are reversed…. Pretty important details.

]]> By: Robert Wachtell https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-8450495 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 02:28:39 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-8450495 A fourth ( and possibly the best ) reason to use quartersawn lumber is that in the same stumpage the quarter sawn surface has about twice the elasticity rate as the flat grain surface.

So quartersawn has a lower shrink rate and is more elastic giving it two aspects that make it much more effective in producing durable woodwork.

I can’t tell you how many people leave the elasticity part out of the equation and personally it is my belief that the elasticity aspect of quarter sawn is more essential to its effective benefit over flat sawn then shrink and expand rate are. Although both are certainly important aspects.

]]> By: Customer Service https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-8257400 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:32:25 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-8257400 In reply to Mark McMonagle.

Hello Mark,

Here’s what the experts had to say about your question:
Yes, you could do that. It might be hard to maintain perfectly perpendicular growth rings on a 4×4 unless you have a very large log.

Sincerely,
Paul
Wood Workers Guild of America Expert

]]> By: Mark McMonagle https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-8254729 Sat, 17 Jul 2021 20:05:36 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-8254729 Can you quarter saw 2×4 or even 4×4 out of say cedar?

]]> By: Brian McLoughlin https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-7594323 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:21:49 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-7594323 Perhaps your photos have been mismatched but you first describe a piece as plain sawn and then show what appears to be the same piece rotated 90º and call it quarter sawn.

]]> By: LB https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-7535603 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:10:44 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-7535603 The descriptions and pictures of the face grains for plain-saw and quarter-sawn are opposite of what they should be.

]]> By: KEN https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-7528774 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:07:44 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-7528774 You have the photos of the plain-sawn and quarter-sawn oak reversed.

]]> By: Customer Service https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-7473054 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:58:57 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-7473054 In reply to jack zywicki.

Hello Jack,

Here is the experts reply:

We don’t have any content that describes how to do this, but here’s a great video on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Kt3IrTBlA

Paul
Woodworkers Guild of America

]]> By: Customer Service https://www.wwgoa.com/post/three-reasons-to-use-quarter-sawn-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-7472887 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:19:57 +0000 http://www.wwgoa.com/?p=1850#comment-7472887 In reply to JAMES FRANK.

Hello James,

Yes, great catch! We’ll get this fixed.
Cheers,

Paul
Woodworkers Guild of America

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