Will rift sawn white oak work for inner chines?

Hi All,

After reading all the forums here at WBP. I decided to take the plunge. I bought a 16' x 48" drift boat that needed some TLC. I bought it knowing, I would have to replace the bottom. I did as recommended in the forums and I removed the bottom of the boat in sections, and found that I also need to replace the inner chines and repair of couple of the ribs also, because of rot. My locale hardwood store has 16' x 1" x 4" clear white oak, but it is rift sawn...I have gone on the web and read about the different types of lumber cuts. But I still don't know if rift sawn will work for chines? Will it bend? Will I need to steam it to bend it? I plan on planning it to old chine dimensions. The hardwood store does have flat sawn white oak, but only in 10' lengths. So I would have to scarf them. Which way would you all recommend I go? Or do I need to find quarter sawn lumber and maybe scarf it.

Thanks, John

Side note...The old plywood bottom was covered with orange formica from the 70's..

here's a pic of what I bought.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Z on February 24, 2010 at 5:29am
Did they tell you it was rift sawn? I cannot tell th edifference in rift and quartersawn in most cases. Alot of it looks quartersawn to me. Rift sawing is pretty wasteful, therefore expensive. You probably are paying extra$$$ for alleged rift sawn lumber. It may be actually quartersawn.

I have had a mishap with quartersawn chine material. 3/4" thickness. I had one blow up in my face. There was a tiny curl in the grain in the wrong spot, and when I bent it to slide it in the notch, BOOM! I have since moved to 5/8" thickness chine material. There is a world of difference in bending 5/8 and 3/4." I really had ot reef on the 3/4" stuff.

will rift sawn work- yes. will you need steam- no.

shop around, possibly call a sawmill that makes mouldings/millwork and flooring. If they sell retail, all the better. Tell them what you want, you don't have to go to a reseller.

Good luck.
Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on February 24, 2010 at 10:43am
I have never used rift sawn. I usually use plain sawn with no issue. I did use quarter sawn once (it's all they had and I was needy) it bent very well. I cant tell the difference they both have the rays and are both more expensive than plain sawn.
Mike
http://www.bakerwooddriftboats.com
Permalink Reply by lhedrick on February 24, 2010 at 8:56pm
There isn't much difference between quarter, rift or plain sawing with gunwale stock or chine stock. I would not pay extra and stick with straight through sawn stock. Quarter and rift sawing expose the grain differently showing different features of the wood. Some pieces have more figure then others and in those cases quarter sawing highlights more of the woods character.

You also don't need to worry about scarf joints. Convince yourself by doing a 7:1 test joint then clamp the piece so the joint is half way over the edge of a work table and try to brake it. You won't even think about scarf joints troubles after the. When clamping up a scarf joint just use light clamp pressure. Don't drive all the epoxy out of the joint.

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