Quartersawing Animation - Frank Miller Lumber

This animation describes the process that Frank Miller Lumber uses to produce distinctive wood grain characteristics in quartered and rift lumber. To learn more about the beauty, stability and sustainability of Frank Miller quartersawn hardwoods, please visit www.frankmiller.com.

[@treborif]

Well done big guy - have never been able to visualize quarter sawn from someone telling me how it works - this animation is the best explanation ive seen/heard.

[@rogerk7194]

This is an amazing animation of how quarter sawn lumber is made. Very nicely done

[@chackysbills5129]

probably the top video demonstrating quarter vs rift cut.

[@thomasmuniak6058]

Please read my post. Today is the first time I have seen this use or rift. I just spent an hour online looking up various sites, to see if my 50 years of loving woodworking was wrong or not. All I can say is, there are various definitions on these terms of rift and quarter sawn. Rift was always the best as all pieces were at 90 degrees and most expensive, as there was so much waste to produce them.

[@frankallen5291]

Perfect explanation! We inherited an upright piano that I had always heard had a Tiger cut grain - quite distinctive and beautiful. Wanted to know more and this video explained the method wonderfully. Thank you Frank Miller Lumber!

[@frankmillerlumber]

We are glad you found it educational!

[@okieboy121]

This answers so many questions. Thank you so much for making this video!

[@featherboard]

Finally! I have asked how logs are quarter sawn many times. Your graphic is SUPER!! Now I understand. Thanks!

[@ericwg73]

Fantastic video! Extremely informative.

[@kazparzyxzpenualt8111]

This is so brilliant! Thanks!

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

This was BRILLIANT!!! TY

[@tsiggy]

Such a great visualisation. You get it, even if you don't want to.

[@thrithgolden2748]

Nice example and great video!

[@OMGitsJAC]

What an absolutely fantastic video. Thank you!

[@PrimalWoods]

This is a superb video. Thank you for the public service!

[@seanleonard1948]

Outstanding explanation and animation. Thank you!

[@42lookc]

That was a very informative video. Exceedingly well done. Thank you for the lesson.

[@WingmanStudios]

Thank you for making this video.

[@willkeir155]

awesome animation, thank you so much for sharing!

[@markkhan2838]

That was absolutely beautiful! Well done.

[@frankmillerlumber]

Thank you!

[@johnpacella9519]

Nice! I award this vid one of the coveted Alaskan Beaver Tails.

[@johnvelikanje3097]

Thank you for the information!

[@dougalexander7204]

Thank you. I operate an 1824 water powered ‘sash’ mill. Typically demonstrate it with cedar, sometimes poplar, then use lumber in woodwright shop making trinkets for the natives.

[@bondj001]

Thank you, I always hear this term, but never fully understood it.

[@frankmillerlumber]

You're welcome!

[@BeingRomans829ed]

I'd been reading that Gerstner tool chests are made from quartersawn wood. Now I know what they mean. Thank you.

[@mikem1237]

Great explanation video, thank you!!

[@geraldestes2470]

yep, fm explains it nicely - veneer sheets of the same is over the top - much nicer the 1.3 thickness's.

[@subjectofgov]

I understand rotating ends of the log on a circular mill but there's no reason I can think of doing this on a band saw mill.

[@martinpark8371]

I totally get it now thanks man!

[@willd2609]

This is so awesome! Thank you! :)

[@aerialrescuesolutions3277]

Excellent.

[@jean-guylabbe3962]

Thanks excellent video. Is there a book that explains what we have just seen in order to maximize each log of different sizes because here the video shows only one size of logs.

[@mellowfellow9]

Love it... thanks for the explanation!

[@browntroutfisherman]

Very instructive - thanks for sharing.

[@MichaelGambill]

Excellent explanation, thanks.

[@kalu19991]

Why not have a horizontal sawmill just after the vertical one, so you get 2 boards in one go?

[@truthcrusade8371]

Exceedingly Excellent!

[@tusconsult3683]

Thanks.

[@andersondallmann]

Great job. Please, what software was used to make this animation?

[@DavidTheMechanic]

Excellent

[@ccpanel]

instead of rotating lengthwise, why wouldnt you just roll it onto the other face?

[@pocket83squared]

Excellent video. Question: why is the remaining "rift" not cut either point up or down, just to try to squeeze out a few more pieces that are more radially similar to a "quartered" board? Is this because of waste, or does it have to do with the difficulty of handling a log in this way? It seems as though the number of quarter-sawn grain patterns could be maximized if the log was entirely sliced like pieces of cake, that is, radially symmetrical.

[@duongpham6500]

Thank you for useful video

[@Furniturestripping]

VERY NICE

[@kschrier]

Well done video

[@ryansundkvist]

Bravo.

[@charliesheads5906]

Question... when I saw quarter sawn boards, they end up with an excessive crown. How do I not end up with crowned boards?

[@SM-hm6bc]

love this video

[@davesilvia9711]

so how do you cut quarter sawn on a horozontal band saw

[@poikelos]

Brilliant thank you

[@donalddavis3308]

Super. Thank you.

[@thomasr.miller5553]

GREAT VIDIO..I LEARNED HOW TO SAW BOARDS..

[@alanrock2656]

wow aweome job expaining

[@robertgreene6403]

Nice during bored are you form the UK.

[@thomasdobell140]

Epic

[@matermark]

Can you do a video of true (90*) quarter sawing?

[@greek42069]

Why is the log rotated and flipped why not just cut 1st board flip that face to bottom to cut second then flip back to cut 3rd?

[@davesilvia9711]

this only works on a sawmill that cuts vert, if the saw is horozontal the process is totally diffrent.

[@bigboss4298]

Instead of switching each quarter end for end for every cut, can’t you just roll it and put the new cut edge down?

[@gr8dvd]

If you have adequate clearance and hold-down dawgs, I also don’t see why the end-to-end flip.

[@davea1001]

Not shown in this animation would be a guide/fence along the left side which would be used to ensure uniform thickness boards. If you want to cut without rotating the whole log around each time, you'd have to move the fence from one side to the other.

[@thestcroixkid]

now I just have to figure out how to do it on a horizontal mill....

[@Nicewoodworkingulove]

Put your screen horizontal. Thats what I did.

[@ldwithrow08]

Just lay the flat face on the rack and make your cut one board thickness from the BOTTOM. Then you take the board out from under the log quarter and flip it on the other face and cut from the bottom again. You have to set your hold down dogs very low and use dogs that can be set with minimum height above the rack. I've done a whole bunch of logs that way.

[@riximanru9105]

thats only for straight wood

[@makingcrapwithscrap5701]

Just saw this on Facebook on this group page... facebook.com/video.php?v=571384842995156 Uploaded directly to FB and not a link to your channel. I added a link to your channel in the comments section encouraging folks to come here. Thanks for the video. Well done and you should benefit from the work involved in creating it.

[@AlexTheGurutv]

quartersawing changes often these days..

[@jamesbrooks5442]

not quite perfect too much turning of the log some people turn the quarter log on a jig to hold the log grain level on the band saw its not perfect but a lot less labor

[@toddcorey3190]

Close, but you don’t use the center