There's quite an impressive price difference between oak skirting, and chunks of freshly sawn oak. For the amount I need (around 500 linear metres), it seems it'd be worth buying the necessary equipment to rip e.g. A 2600x200x100 sleeper up into strips but my only concern is how the wood would behave afterwards. What level of warping could I look forward to? Is French oak any different from English oak? Would being fixed to a wall encourage the timber to stay relatively straight? I'm not bothered about it being true as a die, nothing else about the building is, and I'm not wanting any fancy ogee etc, so just a simple rip and planed two sides would likely suffice
I already have a large table saw but I'm thinking that a big bandsaw and a conveyor table might be he better tool for the job, even if the rip is a little rougher?
I already have a large table saw but I'm thinking that a big bandsaw and a conveyor table might be he better tool for the job, even if the rip is a little rougher?