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Offline northvtarcher

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splitting elm
« on: July 30, 2010, 07:39:48 pm »
Hey everybody.  Just got some nice straight pieces of elm about 4" diameter.  I got them home and attempted to split them. What a pain in the you know what. I could not get them to split straight at all. So I was just wondering if anyone had any advice how to handle this wood. Thanks.
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Offline Jesse

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Re: splitting elm
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2010, 08:22:59 pm »
My advice is to ignore the grain and just cut it straight with a bandsaw. ;D
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Re: splitting elm
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2010, 10:46:25 pm »
Like Jesse, cut mine with a saw, quarter sawn verticle grain boards however.
rich
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