Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
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- St. Pete, FL
All done. They never saw it coming. They were very excited.
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Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
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- St. Pete, FL
Unfortunately I did not. I tried to find a planer but was unable to locate anyone with one, couldn't find a business to do them, and didn't want to spend $350 on a planer. I could plane them down in the future if I ever obtained access to a planer. It'd be no big deal to router and stain them again. Most of the time went to box so it's no big deal. I did play the game and it played fine.
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I wouldn't think there would be enough variation from board to board to worry about planing. I worked in lumber mills for years, every board goes through a planer that holds much better tolerances than anything you will find in even the best woodworking shops.
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Looks yummy. Bring that pot to Hugo today for a sample
What about shrinkage? I'm sure when they come out of the mill they're exact but by the time it gets where it's going the dimensions change.
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I'm no lumber expert but arn't there grades of wood aka they arn't all perfect.
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You know life is good when these are the trivial details you get hung up on. 
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Not saying there isn't a difference, just that that difference likely isn't enough to bother with or, could be negated by selecting matching boards. If they are bundled in the same lift, they are at the most 3 minutes apart in manufacture and then shared all the same exposure conditions along the way.
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Species, age, region of growth/harvest, yadda, yadda, all will make a difference. The biggest factor that pertains to this will be the distance between growth rings. Up north the growing season is very short so the rings are very close together. In the south, the same species may have 3 times the distance between the rings and this is where most of the swelling occurs. Old growth vs juvenile will also come into play.
Tree science is it's own field all together, (no pun intended). We originally made OSB up in Canada with Poplar and it was dead simple to form into a good solid product. We built 2 huge mills in South Carolina and used juvenile yellow spruce and it almost sank us. We all had to go back to school and get educated real quick as it turned out to be the most challenging wood to ever be formed into OSB.
Tree science is it's own field all together, (no pun intended). We originally made OSB up in Canada with Poplar and it was dead simple to form into a good solid product. We built 2 huge mills in South Carolina and used juvenile yellow spruce and it almost sank us. We all had to go back to school and get educated real quick as it turned out to be the most challenging wood to ever be formed into OSB.
If you have ever frames or built a house you know not even all the same grade is the same. Some good some bad in my experience. Also I think we are taking the Jenna a little too far. It looks awesome and if it plays well then it's good to go. You've given me an ideas about a slightly smaller version from aluminum extrusion 2x4 just don't know it that would sell or not.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
Just staining the wood changed the dimensions. The last row doesn't fit into the box quite right anymore. I updated my drawings by 1/8" incase I wanted to build a second game ever in the future.
Old rings (heartwood), closest to the pith without it are the most desired as the wood dries/shrinks more consistently. Also how the wood was milled makes a huge difference, plain, quarter vs. rift sawn. Almost all s4 box store wood is plain sawn which is the least preferred. Most common as they get more from a tree though.
Nice job but I'm surprised you didn't run through a jointer then a planer to make uniform as boards are not the same thickness throughout varies, also gets rid of cups and twists with may or may not be evident in short pieces.
Keep us posted if you notice any issues with the play due to any of the above.
Nice job but I'm surprised you didn't run through a jointer then a planer to make uniform as boards are not the same thickness throughout varies, also gets rid of cups and twists with may or may not be evident in short pieces.
Keep us posted if you notice any issues with the play due to any of the above.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
If you have ever frames or built a house you know not even all the same grade is the same. Some good some bad in my experience. Also I think we are taking the Jenna a little too far. It looks awesome and if it plays well then it's good to go. You've given me an ideas about a slightly smaller version from aluminum extrusion 2x4 just don't know it that would sell or not.
Aluminum? My game can get to be tall enough you need a ladder to play. Think about aluminum pieces falling onto tile if playing on a pool deck or a fancy drive way.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
Those tools cost money. The materials was about $50 and the tools I bought were about $100. I already owned the router, the stain, borrowed a nice mider saw and a nail gun, had the compressor.
I put a lot of love into a gift for a family member that is plenty playable. I already said the game is very easy to build, easy to modify and easy to restain. All of the work went into the box which is not affected by anything you guys are talking about.
I played the game. It worked fine. Buying and storing a planer, jointer, 3 acre production saw mill adjacent to a wood producing forest wouldn't affect the quality of the gift.
If I was selling these, they would have been planed. I am not.
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