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Terry, NJ · 03-24-2015, 07:59 AM

Having made some of the wood in my Briggs Town Sedan (My profile, "My A) I may be able to shed some light on some of this. First of all, Henry worked to .010 but with wood that was dried very well. I have miked some pieces that had nominal ( 1 1/2, 1 1/4 etc) and found them to be still on size. This shocked me! After 80+ years and six years in a leaky barn, it was still, not only within spec, but on size. My personal belief is that an awful lot of Ash is sold for Oak. This is a good thing (my opinion) as I think Oak is far overated. British car builders stay away from Oak altough they loved it for their sailing ships. Even The venerable Morgan company still builds it's car bodies from Ash.
Terry

03-24-2015, 07:59 AM	#18
Terry, NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks Co, Pa Posts: 3,740	Re: Wood from Classic Wood Manufacturing Having made some of the wood in my Briggs Town Sedan (My profile, "My A) I may be able to shed some light on some of this. First of all, Henry worked to .010 but with wood that was dried very well. I have miked some pieces that had nominal ( 1 1/2, 1 1/4 etc) and found them to be still on size. This shocked me! After 80+ years and six years in a leaky barn, it was still, not only within spec, but on size. My personal belief is that an awful lot of Ash is sold for Oak. This is a good thing (my opinion) as I think Oak is far overated. British car builders stay away from Oak altough they loved it for their sailing ships. Even The venerable Morgan company still builds it's car bodies from Ash. Terry