ChelCass Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Question: What does everyone thing of Red Oak?? I cut this guy from Red Oak I just bought and talk about a pain in the butt. Very brittle! Used English oak stain. amazingkevin, Ken Lotts, Birchbark and 2 others 5 Quote
FrankEV Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Red Oak is great for picture frames but not the best for cuttings, especially thin panels. If Red Oak is a look that you want you can get Red Oak 1/4" x 12" x 19.5"Panels solid core plywood in boxes of 10 from Home Dedpot. Free delivery to your location. I have purchased their Cherry, Oak, Mahagony and Birch in addition to my go to panels of Maple and Walnut. Not quite as cheep as BB Ply, but very nice quality product. Your cutting looks good. Any plans to mount it on a backer for display? Right now, like the "real" Bigfoot, very invisable. Dan, ChelCass and amazingkevin 3 Quote
ChelCass Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Posted February 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, FrankEV said: Red Oak is great for picture frames but not the best for cuttings, especially thin panels. If Red Oak is a look that you want you can get Red Oak 1/4" x 12" x 19.5"Panels solid core plywood in boxes of 10 from Home Dedpot. Free delivery to your location. I have purchased their Cherry, Oak, Mahagony and Birch in addition to my go to panels of Maple and Walnut. Not quite as cheep as BB Ply, but very nice quality product. Your cutting looks good. Any plans to mount it on a backer for display? Right now, like the "real" Bigfoot, very invisable. Not really a fan of Red Oak I just bought it to try. Won't be buying any more. Not sure how I am going to mount this guy. I have two other who might join him. FrankEV and amazingkevin 2 Quote
Rockytime Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 I think the red oak looks good and cutting is done well. ChelCass and amazingkevin 2 Quote
dgman Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 I use Red Oak. Although thin oak can be fragile, I have no problem using it in certain applications, like as an overlay with a backer board. I’m getting ready to cut some dream catchers out of 3/4” Red Oak. amazingkevin and ChelCass 2 Quote
amazingkevin Posted February 14, 2021 Report Posted February 14, 2021 I like a big one of these for the back yard at the warehouse!!! Good job!!! ChelCass 1 Quote
Ken Lotts Posted February 15, 2021 Report Posted February 15, 2021 I have cut quite a bit using Red Oak. I think Red Oak looks great. The Victorian bells I cut out for Christmas ornaments looked great in Red Oak. ChelCass 1 Quote
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