Should I feel guilty?

[Corset]

I have some rough sawn Sycamore and Cherry which is was 55mm thick. I have just got it square at around 47mm but i need to get it down to 35mm.
I know i ought to bandsaw off a veneer to avoid wasting wood. However when i have done this before the wood has ended up cupping loads plus my bandsaw may struggle, so I was just going to thickness it down with a little off each side.
I know i shouldn't feel bad about a plank of wood but it just seems wrong to do this. Has anybody else had a similar feeling of guilt?
I know i am going to end up doing up because i figure that it will warp a bit after initial sizing anyway, but i feel so bad.
Owen

 

[newt]

Shame about the Cherry, but some say the Sycamore is a weed if so then thats no big deal, anyway you have already lost 8mm in squaring.

 

[Corset]

Yeah, the cherry bothers me the most. I think i have that image of a man with a massive lump of wood and 3hours later he has a matchstick proudly displayed.
I really wanted thinner timber but I could only get this or 1inch stuff and for what i want to do it was easier to buy just one thick plank and then thickness it down. I find that when I joint up little errors slip in. Plus i really need to keep the number of planks down to get the effect i need.
Funniest of all when i ordered the wood i needed i got 1inch by 13inch by 10ft plank of syacamore . I have no idea what to do with it as its too big for my thicknesser and its going to have to be cut to sort out the cup.
That will teach me to order in cubic feet :lol:
Owen

 

[Anonymous]

Yes you should :lol: :wink:

I get this all the time and tend to end up cutting a veneer rather than turning it all to dust - helps the thicknesser stay sharp longer too :wink:

 

[ByronBlack]

If you cut veneer from both sides and sticker the board it should help equalize the exposure of new moisture and help prevent from warping to much - I've being doing it that way with some sycamore boards and so far so good.

 

[Corset]

You have twisted my arm. I will give it a go.

 

[AndyBoyd]

I remember staring at a thin black line of ebony shavings in my dust extractor once, saying to myself that must be 10 quids worth!

My ebony needed squaring up so little option to bandsaw some off and save it a veneer, it did pull on my conscious though.

It is fairly easy to do it on the bandsaw, give it a go and let us know how you get on