Hi All: looking for a referral for oak wood strips, 1mm x 6mm. Thank you for helping.
Hi, why the oak? It is a type of wood with large grains. In my experience it is hard to work with in miniature modelling.
Thank you for replying. It’s a preference I have. Still looking for a good source. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
If you have a bandsaw, you might be best to resaw it yourself.
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There are many varieties of Oak. The oak commonly found for sale at lumberyards and home improvement stores is Red Oak. This was not used for marine construction applications as it has very poor resistance to rot. As its name implies it is also pink in color.
The two Oak varieties used for shipbuilding were Live Oak and White Oak. Live Oak is not commercially harvested these days. Mystic Seaport that operates its own shipyard relies on trees downed in Southern States from Hurricanes.
White Oak is commercially available from specialty lumber dealers. For small quantities you might try Woodcraft Supply. They’re on the web. White oak strips. You’ll probably have to cut them yourself.
BTW, how much do you need. I had some, years ago. Not sure if I still have it.
Roger
The two Oak varieties used for shipbuilding were Live Oak and White Oak. Live Oak is not commercially harvested these days. Mystic Seaport that operates its own shipyard relies on trees downed in Southern States from Hurricanes.
White Oak is commercially available from specialty lumber dealers. For small quantities you might try Woodcraft Supply. They’re on the web. White oak strips. You’ll probably have to cut them yourself.
BTW, how much do you need. I had some, years ago. Not sure if I still have it.
Roger
Oak is very coarse grained, resembling clumps of straw-like tubes surrounding by denser wood. See below. WHen you make tiny parts from red oak, they tend to break at the porous areas. Large pieces of oak don't have that problem. For modelling, beech is often used to simulate the appearance oak hulls of ships in a model. It has a fine grain and is easy to work with. Pear is expensive, but one of the best woods. I use walnut and cherry because they are easily obtained in my area.
Oak under a magnifying glass
Beech. It looks like oak in small scale on a model ship.
Oak under a magnifying glass
Beech. It looks like oak in small scale on a model ship.
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Checked my lumber stash. Can’t find any oak. I must have used it for something I can’t remember.
I missed the obvious source. Dave Stevens aka The Lumberyard. He lives somewhere in Northern Ohio; White Oak Territory.
Roger
I missed the obvious source. Dave Stevens aka The Lumberyard. He lives somewhere in Northern Ohio; White Oak Territory.
Roger
Dave Stevens from the Lumberyard for ship modellers, is your man. You can find his details on the vendors section of the forum.
Thank you all for helping.
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i have so much white and red Oak about 5 tons, i use it to heat my house.
to mill it that small i do not think it would hold together
i will give it a try i have some lumber in the barn but i think Beech is a better choice
to mill it that small i do not think it would hold together
i will give it a try i have some lumber in the barn but i think Beech is a better choice
I agree with Dave, beech should be a way better option for scale modeling.
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i did a test with Oak i milled out a couple strips 1mm x 6mm go back to post #6 and you can see Beech does look like scale Oak
so with 6mm wide strips you do get the larger looking streaks in Oak. but not as bad as i thought. i don't know how an entire hull planked with Oak will look like.
then i took the strips and bent them to see what will happed, not bad at all it took quite a bend and this is dry no soaking or using heat.
here i maxed out the bend you can see at the top of the bend. It did kink but it did not break
the oak you would buy in a store is dried to about 6% the Oak i bent is air dried to around 12 to 15% moisture. but if you soak the strips it might bend ok
so with 6mm wide strips you do get the larger looking streaks in Oak. but not as bad as i thought. i don't know how an entire hull planked with Oak will look like.
then i took the strips and bent them to see what will happed, not bad at all it took quite a bend and this is dry no soaking or using heat.
here i maxed out the bend you can see at the top of the bend. It did kink but it did not break
the oak you would buy in a store is dried to about 6% the Oak i bent is air dried to around 12 to 15% moisture. but if you soak the strips it might bend ok
Looking real good.