I couldn’t tell you with 100% certainty, but my best guess is that it is Eastern Seaboard Spruce. So either red spruce or white spruce. Whatever it is it makes beautiful brace stock! :)
The diagonal grain "Runout" is what you describe and shows up when you split the wood. Runout happens when the sawmill cuts a log laying flat on one side so that when the saw enters the wood from the top side all those cuts from the top will have runout until the saw gets down to the center of the log then the bottom half will have very little runout of the grain. Sawmills don't care about runout, they only care about volume of board feet per log. The greater the difference between diameter at the butt and diameter of the top of the log the more runout there will be. So if you have a 12 foot long log and the diameter of each end is close to the same you will get very little runout. That is why you should find someone with a portable band mill and have them custom cut for you exactly what you want.
I would agree that custom cut would be ideal, of course, but for most of us we aren’t able to source suitable spruce logs locally. As another side note, runout can happen if a tree is twisted, regardless of how well-cut the planks are. Engelmann spruce is especially bad for twisting as it grows. Actually if you can clearly see the centre joint on a guitar it’s usually for this exact reason. When a top is opened up into a bookmatch the runout is opposite on one half than the other - this means the light refracts completely differently on one half of the top from the other making it look darker/lighter.
@@zachlefebvre4825 I guess I'm spoiled, we have a firewood lot that sells logs for 4 cents a pound and I buy 28" diameter logs quite often. Spruce is a bit rare, fir and larch plentiful. I so hate to see them burned. My bandmill guy needs at least 4' long and 8 is better.
Those are some nice boards! Most of the lumber at my Home Depot looks pretty bad, but maybe if I dig through some of it I can find a decent one! I know what I'm doing after work tomorrow!
hey can ya tell us who in canada sells royal blackwood binding or boards to make binding . LMI only sells the fingerboards .thanks so much for your time and sharing
Great, thorough explanation. Thanks so much.
Glad you found it helpful!! You are very welcome. :)
Super helpful. Thank you.
Good, I’m glad!! :)
Great video Zachary; I have learnt a lot of info to give me confidence to go a purchase my own spruce for bracing…
Thanks for letting us know.
Thanks, Zach! That helped me wrap my head around it a bit more
Yay! I’m glad! :)
good info glad to see ya back on your lucky to live in Canada the land of Sitka i have to travel 4 hours to get my Sitka
:)
Though, this is probably not sitka, maybe white spruce, which is probably better.
Great video thanks. Do you know what kind of Spruce that is?
I couldn’t tell you with 100% certainty, but my best guess is that it is Eastern Seaboard Spruce. So either red spruce or white spruce. Whatever it is it makes beautiful brace stock! :)
The diagonal grain "Runout" is what you describe and shows up when you split the wood.
Runout happens when the sawmill cuts a log laying flat on one side so that when the saw enters the wood from the top side all those cuts from the top will have runout until the saw gets down to the center
of the log then the bottom half will have very little runout of the grain. Sawmills don't care about runout,
they only care about volume of board feet per log. The greater the difference between diameter at the butt and diameter of the top of the log the more runout there will be. So if you have a 12 foot long log
and the diameter of each end is close to the same you will get very little runout.
That is why you should find someone with a portable band mill and have them custom cut for you
exactly what you want.
I would agree that custom cut would be ideal, of course, but for most of us we aren’t able to source suitable spruce logs locally.
As another side note, runout can happen if a tree is twisted, regardless of how well-cut the planks are. Engelmann spruce is especially bad for twisting as it grows. Actually if you can clearly see the centre joint on a guitar it’s usually for this exact reason. When a top is opened up into a bookmatch the runout is opposite on one half than the other - this means the light refracts completely differently on one half of the top from the other making it look darker/lighter.
@@zachlefebvre4825 I guess I'm spoiled, we have a firewood lot that sells logs for 4 cents a pound and I buy 28" diameter logs quite often. Spruce is a bit rare, fir and larch plentiful. I so hate to see them burned. My bandmill guy needs at least 4' long and 8 is better.
@@ZifikareNice!
Those are some nice boards! Most of the lumber at my Home Depot looks pretty bad, but maybe if I dig through some of it I can find a decent one! I know what I'm doing after work tomorrow!
Haha, yeah it can be hit or miss. Most times that I check there aren’t any nice boards like this one.
thanks
You’re welcome! :)
hey can ya tell us who in canada sells royal blackwood binding or boards to make binding . LMI only sells the fingerboards .thanks so much for your time and sharing
Unfortunately I don’t know… but if you find out please let me know! 😬