Flitch Cut Siding

Just off route 118 27 scavone mtn.

Flitch cut siding.

Western red cedar bevel siding is the most widely used siding type. Flitch veneers the world s largest selection of fine veneers your choice of standard or extra long monarch sizes our standard veneers are 1 40 to 1 32 thick 36 long and range in width from 4 to 12. Monday friday 7 00 am 4 30 pm saturday mill hours 8 00 am to 12 noon. Metal roofing siding.

Monarch veneers run approximately 7 and wider by 7 feet and longer. Annual growth rings appear perpendicular to the face resulting in straight grain lines and revealing any ray fleck in the wood. A heavy cathedral grain pattern is exposed with this cutting method. Flitch siding is rough sawn 1 x 12 approximate width boards that have one edge left un squared and following the natural contour of the debarked log.

At riephoff sawmill we have the capability to produce beams up to 34 feet long. Monday friday 8 00 am 4 30 pm closed saturday mill hours. Also known as adirondack siding natural edge live edge and featheredge siding our premium flitch siding is a highly popular product. In veneer a flitch is a stack of sheets of veneer all cut in sequence.

It is produced by resaying lumber at an angle to produce two pieces thicker on one edge than the other. Hours of operation office hours. Sequential order means book matching possibilities. After cutting the first piece of siding i removed the wedge and lowered the cant so it was flat on the rails.

If you lay them up side by side with the same side up on all of them this is a flitch match. The manufacturing process results. Saw dust shavings bark mulch. The flitch cuts generally range from 2 4 in thickness.

A flitch cut log. Rough cut barn components. We also stock thicker basswood used for carving projects. I lowered the blade against the cant and noted the blade height then lowered to the specified thickness of the butt of the siding whether it was 1 8 or more and cut to make the second piece.

If you flip every other sheet of a flitch it is book matching but i don t think a single sheet of veneer is called a flitch.