Advice needed on cutting/stickering downed tree

[Rick Potter]

Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I better get to work immediately. No way I can handle any longer pieces, I will need help just to get these on a sled, that isn't made yet. I will be sealing the ends right away, and hope for the best, nothing else I can do now.

I remember seeing a chart showing how to cut a log for the best pieces, but cannot find it. Anybody have one?

Also, do you thing spraying the BS blade with WD40 would keep the blade from getting crudded up? Seems like any silicone from the blade would be removed later when dressing out the boards?? Sounds like I should not use the DC when slicing the logs, right?

Thanks again.

[Bill Howatt]

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I remember seeing a chart showing how to cut a log for the best pieces, but cannot find it. Anybody have one?

Also, do you thing spraying the BS blade with WD40 would keep the blade from getting crudded up? Seems like any silicone from the blade would be removed later when dressing out the boards?? Sounds like I should not use the DC when slicing the logs, right?

Thanks again.

You are probably thinking of cutting the logs into quarter-sawn pieces. Just Google it, there is a lot of info on how to do it if it meets your needs.
Regular WD-40 doesn't have silicone but their silicone lubricant does. You are probably right about later dressing removing it but probably best to avoid it in the first place.
What is the DC concern about?

[Rick Potter]

Bill...Seems to me wet wood might stick to the inside of pipes or impellers, like it does to the bandsaw and blade.

John...Since you have worked with this wood, what can I expect? Is is nice enough for Jewelry boxes and such, I have never seen it cut to lumber? Hope so, because this is the only one that I have. If it is plain, but not ugly I can deal with that with inlays etc.

Back to restacking and painting ends.

[Jim Becker]

Cutting wet wood on the bandsaw benefits from a band that's designed for wet wood...I recall some specifications around that were on the Suffolk website...the folks who make/sell Timberwolf, but I haven't visited the site in quite a while.

[Lloyd McKinlay]

Info on Sweetgum from the wood database https://www.wood-database.com/sweetgum/