House Plac: From Bag End to Balls Deep

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I feel the same. One thing that drew me to our house was that the woodwork was not painted downstairs. It was painted upstairs, but I enough to not bother stripping it since no one goes up there besides us.

Same here.

It's all un-painted american chestnut. Not very common.

Our house is all oak. Very pretty, but was all painted at some point. PO stripped a lot, I'm going to pick up where he left off.

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I feel the same. One thing that drew me to our house was that the woodwork was not painted downstairs. It was painted upstairs, but I enough to not bother stripping it since no one goes up there besides us.

Same here.

It's all un-painted american chestnut. Not very common.

Yea I remember liking your work when you posted the listing of your

[wap]

Same here.

It's all un-painted american chestnut. Not very common.

Our house is all oak. Very pretty, but was all painted at some point. PO stripped a lot, I'm going to pick up where he left off.

It always makes me when some paints over beautiful original woodwork. Absolutely no respect. Good on you for restoring it.

[KYGTIGuy]

Same here.

It's all un-painted american chestnut. Not very common.

Our house is all oak. Very pretty, but was all painted at some point. PO stripped a lot, I'm going to pick up where he left off.

Yeah. Some of those pics look like it's potentially quarter sawn. If that's the case it's going to be gorgeous

[KYGTIGuy]

We looked at a house and all the doors, window trim, crown, everything was quarter sawn. It was amazing. It was a cheap house in a bad neighborhood and went way above asking. It was a gem

[ChrisoftheNorth]

We looked at a house and all the doors, window trim, crown, everything was quarter sawn. It was amazing. It was a cheap house in a bad neighborhood and went way above asking. It was a gem

Oh wow, thanks for posting this! I had no idea.

A lot appears to be quarter sawn according to this.

[troyguitar]

Quarter sewn is the most stable against moving with temperature/humidity changes. That's how better guitar necks are cut, it makes sense for stuff to be the same.

[KYGTIGuy]

We looked at a house and all the doors, window trim, crown, everything was quarter sawn. It was amazing. It was a cheap house in a bad neighborhood and went way above asking. It was a gem

Oh wow, thanks for posting this! I had no idea.

A lot appears to be quarter sawn according to this.

Yeah man. Huge selling point if you strip it.

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We looked at a house and all the doors, window trim, crown, everything was quarter sawn. It was amazing. It was a cheap house in a bad neighborhood and went way above asking. It was a gem

On our first floor, our hardwood floors are alternating strips of quarter sawn oak and maple. It's 5/7.

[KYGTIGuy]

Yeah. The milling process is pretty labor intensive and fascinating.

[KYGTIGuy]

You guys are going to be hanging out at your local saw mill, drooling over wood.... Driving by Woodcraft stores not on the way home.... Waxing on some Festool joiners

[Desertbreh]

^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

[troyguitar]

^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

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[Desertbreh]

^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

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I guess!

[SAWCE]

^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

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^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

Nah Dirk. Quarter sawn makes for a much more interesting looking floor than plain sawn 5 out of 7 times.

[Desertbreh]

^^^^^^^^^All this wood stuff is fascinating. I thought wood was wood.

Nah Dirk. Quarter sawn makes for a much more interesting looking floor than plain sawn 5 out of 7 times.

Apparently. I've been schooled.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Soooo been looking closer at the wood in the house. Actually not much quarter sawn, but appears to be a lot of rift sawn and live sawn. According to the Google, rift sawn is the hardest to mill? It's all over the house, and when combined with the live sawn results in some pretty epic wood grain patterns.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

BTW, wife thinks I've lost it. I was explaining to her the difference in the wood and what our house has and she's

[Tar]

I know I'm , but I really like the look of live saw the best.

[Tar]

Love all the pattern variance from cut orientations doe.

[wap]

Soooo been looking closer at the wood in the house. Actually not much quarter sawn, but appears to be a lot of rift sawn and live sawn. According to the Google, rift sawn is the hardest to mill? It's all over the house, and when combined with the live sawn results in some pretty epic wood grain patterns.

In4pics.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Love all the pattern variance from cut orientations doe.

I do too. Thats what our house mostly is, and it's

Pics to come

[ChrisoftheNorth]

BTW, wife thinks I've lost it. I was explaining to her the difference in the wood and what our house has and she's

I dare you to say the same about her

[troyguitar]

I dare you to say the same about her

Pallet-sewn is obviously the best