Green wood?

Lou Ureneck

Lou Ureneck

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I'm restoring an old Merrymeeting Bay sculling float, some new planks, a few ribs and a transom. I found a sawmill that can provide me with a piece of white oak for the transom. But it will come to me green --- only recently been sawn. Can I work with wood for the transom that is green (undried)? Any guidance? Thanks.
 

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Lou Ureneck said:
I'm restoring an old Merrymeeting Bay sculling float, some new planks, a few ribs and a transom. I found a sawmill that can provide me with a piece of white oak for the transom. But it will come to me green --- only recently been sawn. Can I work with wood for the transom that is green (undried)? Any guidance? Thanks.
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Lou,
All I know is that is a good problem to have. The only white oak available in my parts is kiln dried and is much harder to bend. West System makes an epoxy called G-Flex that work well with oily and damp hardwood such as white oak. Shrinkage is another matter entirely that I cannot comment on.
RM
 
Thanks, RM. One of my concerns was bonding the white oak to the planks. It's good to know about G-Flex. I was suprised to find white oak relatively abundant in these parts (Massachusetts). It's the guys with small mills that have it. They're more or less sawing it to order.
 
My son makes live edge tables and, here in Washington State, we have a competing company that will charge us to kiln dry a piece of wood to desired moisture content (which we can specify) by the board foot. Maybe it is a PNW kind of thing but it might be worth some phone calls.
 
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