Quarter Sawn Hardwood Lumber
Listed below are the species that we typically have in stock.
Quarter sawn hardwood lumber. The resulting lumber can also be called radially sawn or simply quartered. Plywood in addition to our hardwood lumber we also stock a wide range of domestic imported plywood as well as melamine panels mdf and prefinished sheets. Quarter sawn red oak dimensional hardwood lumber is ready for your craftsmanship to be made into cabinets furniture trim or your own special project. This method of quarter sawing does leave some waste but much less than rift sawn lumber.
At hearne hardwoods we sell rough sawn random width and length lumber. Quarter sawn white oak plywood. If you require a hardwood species not listed or to purchase lengths longer than 12 please call us at 1 800 732 1697 or email. Most of our lumber is priced by the board foot to calculate board footage convert a board s dimensions to inches multiply the length x width x thickness now divide that number by 144.
This fleck gives quarter sawn white oak its unique look favored in mission style furniture. To mill quarter sawn wood each log is sawed at a radial angle into four quarters. The graf name is synonymous with the hardwood lumber industry and is proud to have three generations to help build the name and reputation. Vertical grain doug fir plywood.
Quality graf brothers flooring lumber is one of the largest manufacturers of rift and quartered lumber and flooring in the world and specializes in the super wide and the super long planks. Rift sawn white oak is favored in markets wanting a more homogeneous look. Quarter sawing or quartersawing is a woodworking process that produces quarter sawn or quarter cut boards in the rip cutting of logs into lumber. Quarter sawn lumber refers to the angle at which the tree s growth rings intersect the face of the sawn board.
Our lumber mill location in indiana places frank miller at the transportation intersection of america. Alder ash baltic birch beech birch cherry hardwood plywood hickory knotty pine maple marine plywood quarter sawn oak. Quality products quality service. Rift sawn white oak plywood.
Quartersawn lumber comes at a premium due to the labor it takes to mill each plank. Then each quarter is plain sawn. Indicative of the arts and crafts style quarter sawn white oak reveals the fleck in the wood grain known as the medullary rays. Although there are differing opinions on the term fully quarter sawn lumber is generally defined as growth rings that are 80 to 90 degrees to the face of the board.
Sizes shown are net.