Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Larry Neal
Hi Pieters! This is for all the smart guys out there. I plan to useWestern Red Cedar for my ribs, and picked out a few 1 x 6 boards at Loewsthis weekend. The grain in all boards is straight, over 8 rings per inch,slope is great, no knots, really nice boards. I understand grain should be as perpendicular to the flatwide surface as possible, between 45 degrees to 90 degrees. Most grain onthese boards are closer to 90 than 45. Except one. One board has grain parallel to the wide, flat surface. Can thisboard be used for capstrip? I'm thinking I just make the cuts on this board opposite , and whenit's done, turn it 90 degrees, and how will this capstrip be different thanthe rest? All the strips will look the same, with grain running the samedirection. Does it matter where the strip originally came from in theboard? Am I thinking this through correctly? Kent Looking to make some sawdust ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:06:06 -0600

Original Posted By: "Kent Hallsten"
The grain orientation is determined how it is sawn out of the log. You canas you indicated, re-orient it by re-sawing. The new board won't know thedifference and will perform just as well as the other stock.Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, OshkoshOld Shop Teacher.----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "walter evans"
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Wood Grain QuestionIn a message dated 1/14/02 11:01:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, KHallsten(at)governair.com writes:> Hi Pieters! > > This is for all the smart guys out there. I plan to use> Western Red Cedar for my ribs, and picked out a few 1 x 6 boards at Loews> this weekend. The grain in all boards is straight, over 8 rings per inch,> slope is great, no knots, really nice boards. > > I understand grain should be as perpendicular to the flat> wide surface as possible, between 45 degrees to 90 degrees. Most grain on> these boards are closer to 90 than 45. Except one.> > One board has grain parallel to the wide, flat surface. Can this> board be used for capstrip? > > I'm thinking I just make the cuts on this board opposite , and when> it's done, turn it 90 degrees, and how will this capstrip be different > than> the rest? All the strips will look the same, with grain running the same> direction. Does it matter where the strip originally came from in the> board? > > Am I thinking this through correctly? > > Kent > Looking to make some sawdust> Kent,It does not matter which way the grain runs on any thing except main and aileron spars. The grain run out must be good ofcourse. I use the Western Red Cedar for ribs, leading and trailing edges, side former sticks, fill sticks, turtle deck, ribs in the tail group. Doug Bryant Wichita Ks________________________________________________________________________________