When I hear the term "slab" used in regard to wood, I picture a section of trunk of whatever length, that has been sawn to whatever thickness and the wane and ends are often left however they happen to be.
Like this:
However, is 'slab" also a correct term for a cross-cut section of...
I noticed my user bio says I am in Alamance County. I am actually in Orange County by about 2 miles. I didn't see a way to correct this in User CP. Is there a way for me to update this?
At the picnic there was a gentleman(Woodart perhaps?) that had a back slat with him for a rocker. Beautifull wood!
As I recall, it was sycamore, but, on another site, a guy said that sycamore was pretty much useless for furniture.
Is my recolllection incorrect?
In the Sept issue of Wood magazine there are plans for a cradle, and being there's a mom to be and grandmaw to be I thought they would like it. So am I calculating the amount of bf correctly?
End panels 2pcs - 16" x 18" = 5 bf
side panels 2pcs - 11" x 32" = 6 bf
bottem panel 1pcs - 13" x 25" =...
I've purchased my first band saw, a Craftsman 10" 2-wheeler, and looked for info on correcting for blade drift (after I found out there was such a thing, when I took a closer look at the second pieces I had cut, using the fence, and saw that they were tapered!). However, all I have found seems...