The flitch cuts generally range from 2 4 in thickness.
Flitch cut siding.
At riephoff sawmill we have the capability to produce beams up to 34 feet long.
We carry a supply of flitch cuts with a free form edge in walnut cherry and maple for fireplace mantels or countertops.
It is produced by resaying lumber at an angle to produce two pieces thicker on one edge than the other.
We carry red and white oak poplar ash walnut cherry and basswood.
A flitch cut log.
Monday friday 7 00 am 4 30 pm saturday mill hours 8 00 am to 12 noon.
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The manufacturing process results.
If you lay them up side by side with the same side up on all of them this is a flitch match.
If you flip every other sheet of a flitch it is book matching but i don t think a single sheet of veneer is called a flitch.
Sequential order means book matching possibilities.
Western red cedar bevel siding is the most widely used siding type.
Monday friday 8 00 am 4 30 pm closed saturday mill hours.
Metal roofing siding.
Also known as adirondack siding natural edge live edge and featheredge siding our premium flitch siding is a highly popular product.
After cutting the first piece of siding i removed the wedge and lowered the cant so it was flat on the rails.
Just off route 118 27 scavone mtn.
A heavy cathedral grain pattern is exposed with this cutting method.
Annual growth rings appear perpendicular to the face resulting in straight grain lines and revealing any ray fleck in the wood.
Flitch siding is rough sawn 1 x 12 approximate width boards that have one edge left un squared and following the natural contour of the debarked log.
I lowered the blade against the cant and noted the blade height then lowered to the specified thickness of the butt of the siding whether it was 1 8 or more and cut to make the second piece.
Saw dust shavings bark mulch.
We also stock thicker basswood used for carving projects.
In veneer a flitch is a stack of sheets of veneer all cut in sequence.
Rough cut barn components.
