One long-delayed project on my list requires about 700 linear feet of white oak, 1 1/2" x 3/8". Now that I am about to get my bandsaw I realize that this project is an excuse to experience the joys of resawing. (I had planned on buying the stock cut to size.)
One thought is that I could buy, for example, 8/4 white oak 6" wide, plane it down in my new DW planer to 1 1/2" thick and then slice off 3/8" pieces with the BS. But, I am confused about the grain issue.
The project is a small floor area next to a room that has this 90 year old floor - 12" x 12" parquet, top-nailed, qs white oak. I want the qs look of the orig floor, but since (in this scenario) I would be cutting so that the sides of the stock would end up as the face of the floor, what "cut" wood do I buy? Or, to get the right grain appearance do I need to resaw qs in the other direction -- i.e., slice off 6" wide pieces and then rip them to
1 1/2"?
BTW, I have not done all the math but my hunch is that the first approach is more wood-efficient. And, edge jointing would not be an issue. Yet, it is more important to spend a few extra $$ and get the right, matching look. TIA -- Igor