Paul Downes
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I spent some time down in Orlando Fl. recently and had the privilege of visiting some of my cousins and Aunt. Found out that my cousin has been doing some woodworking. He showed me a Laurel oak log that he had salvaged and cut into planks with a chainsaw.
I was immediately impressed by the curl figure of the wood and was wondering just how common curl is in Laurel oak.
He had no idea that the curl figure was highly desirable to woodworkers. I recommended he build a table out of the planks. One plank contained the pith and was badly cracked so I recommended sawing out the pith and edge gluing the resulting boards to the outer edge of the good plank. It should yield a 40" to 48" width table.
How is Laurel oak to work with? How often does curl figure occur in it?
I was immediately impressed by the curl figure of the wood and was wondering just how common curl is in Laurel oak.
He had no idea that the curl figure was highly desirable to woodworkers. I recommended he build a table out of the planks. One plank contained the pith and was badly cracked so I recommended sawing out the pith and edge gluing the resulting boards to the outer edge of the good plank. It should yield a 40" to 48" width table.
How is Laurel oak to work with? How often does curl figure occur in it?