Quartersawn Oak New Haven CT
Quartersawn boards are rarely wide enough for a large panel, so in many cases you must glue boards together or resaw and book-match a single board. Here's a rule of thumb for resawing quartersawn oak: Look at the outside faces before you cut.
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Hamden, CT
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Hamden, CT 06514
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Orange, CT
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Branford, CT
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Wallingford, CT
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Stratford, CT
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East Haven, CT
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East Haven, CT 06512
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North Haven, CT
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Derby, CT
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Derby, CT 06418
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Quartersawn Oak
3 Tips to Unlock its Beauty
by Tom Caspar
Rip Quartersawn LegsWith the right cut, you can make beautifully matching quartersawn legs from an ordinary 2-in.-thick board. The flake figure we look for in quartersawn oak comes from a tree’s ray cells, which radiate like spokes in a wheel. Mark the spot on each end of your board where a saw cut will be parallel to the rays. Cut from mark to mark. Rip quartersawn veneer from another piece of the same board and glue it on the legs’ plainsawn faces to complete the quartered look (see “Stickley-Style Chest”). | | 
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Edge a TopOn many a piece of furniture, both the top and its front edge are prominent. Unfortunately, a beautiful quartersawn top has an ordinary-looking plainsawn edge. An easy solution is to cut your own quartersawn edging from the same lumber and glue it to the top’s edge. The edging can be from 1/16 to 1/4 in. thick. Apply similar edging to drawer rails and dividers. | |  |
Resaw a PanelQuartersawn boards are rarely wide enough for a large panel, so in many cases you must glue boards together or resaw and book-match a single board. Here’s a rule of thumb for resawing quartersawn oak: Look at the outside faces before you cut. If both sides have strong flake figure, the inside faces will have dramatic figure, too. If one outside face has weak figure, the inside faces probably won’t be great. The best board to pick for resawing will have perpendicular growth rings (see inset photo). | | 
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This story originally appeared in American Woodworker September 2005, issue #116.
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