Quarter Sawn Poplar

Length 8 width 4 10 local pickup only. Shipping less than 150lbs we will cut to lengths of eight feet or less to meet ups shipping guidelines. The widths can range from 3 inches to over 12 inches.
quarter sawn poplar

One Piece Poplar Wood Veneer 14 X 36 1 20th Or 05 Qaurter

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Poplar is widely available in lengths ranging from 8 feet to 16 feet.

Quarter sawn poplar. Yellow poplar liriodendron tulipifera is one of the largest and most common trees in the woods east of the mississippiit sees extensive commercial use in this country and is widely exported around the world. Each board produced using this method of sawing possesses grain patterns that are both unique and beautiful. Quarter sawing or quartersawing is a woodworking process that produces quarter sawn or quarter cut boards in the rip cutting of logs into lumberthe resulting lumber can also be called radially sawn or simply quarteredthere is widespread confusion between the terms rift sawn and quarter sawn with the terms defined both with opposite meanings and as synonyms. Poplar is an evenly textured and straight grained wood.

Quartersawn poplar is not as extraordinary as quartersawn oak may be. In addition to this quartersawning produces lumber that is inherently more stable than plain sawn lumber. When quartersawn importantly it becomes extremely stable making it ideal for certain millwork and furniture applications. Which produces more waste per log.

Quartersawn poplar general characteristics. True quartersawn lumber is produced when the growth rings of the log are sawn as close to perpendicular as possible. Kiln dried quarter sawn poplar 44 rough cut fas gradeprime circular sawn this auction is for 100 board feet of quartersawn poplar quartersawn will stay flatter then plain sawn. It tends to yeild a more straight grain look with some minor figure in some of the boards simply because poplar does not have the medulary rays like the oak.

Rift sawn lumber milling is more labor intensive than both plain and quarter sawn lumber. Rift sawn lumber is more expensive than quarter sawn wood due to the amount of labor involved in cutting each individual plank as well as the wasted wood. Poplar is the most widely used wood for paintable surface in the united states. Its heartwood has a pale canary color with a distinctive greenish cast.