Thanks everyone for coming out to the lumber run today. It's a good time when NCWoodworker members get together. I thought we were going to have a few drive up sales, I guess some people like wood as much as we do... :lol:
Dave, I wished you could have came out today. I had something for you to help you with your wood turning addiction, but I decided to give it to Fred instead. Fred explained he's been cut off from bringing more wood home, so I couldn't resist giving him a chunk of mineral stained maple crotch to bring home and make his wife mad :-D
Below is a pic I snapped before most the folks got there...
I had the lumber from one log that look like it exploded in the kiln, never seen anything like that before :eusa_thin. After closer inspection I determined the log had ring shake. Usually lumber from a tree with ring shake will fall apart on the sawmill. This lumber "I think" because it was curly held together and I didn't notice the shake when I was sawing it. Had I known the log had shake I wouldn't have even put log on the mill, let along taken it's lumber to Scott to be kiln dried.
Even though I culled the boards as we were breaking down the trailer and would not sell them, I thought it would be interesting to share with everyone (expecially the sawyer guys) what to look for in
green (not kiln dried) maple. Despite how curly the maple is check closely for ring shake. Kiln drying uncovered the shake in the lumber from this log, kinda like winter in the Midwest will show you what's wrong with your car.
I'm really glad this showed up in the kiln and it was in my control to cull out from the good stuff. I really would have felt bad, if I would have sold the lumber when it was green to someone and it showed up a year or so later after it had air dried some...
Here's an interesting article on ring shake in logs...
http://forest.mtu.edu/research/hwbuck/hardwood_defects/ring_shake.html
Thanks
