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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4251334, member: 5066"]Another big factor I am pretty sure is, wide boards just do not fit in with industrial time/speed constraints when manufacturing furniture with machines.</p><p>That wide walnut board above had to be air-dried outside in a shed for 4 years BEFORE it reached a moisture content to safely finish the drying process in a wood kiln. You can't "rush" wide wood slabs with modern wood drying techniques or you'll ruin them.</p><p>By the 1850s here, steam power was the dominant method of manufacturing furniture so even if virgin/first cut forests were available, NO WAY they could wait around drying massive boards for years.</p><p>They needed timber that could be logged, sawmilled into boards, and then immediately dried in a wood kiln & ready for the factory floor.</p><p>You can't do that with wide boards, they REFUSE to submit to your modern ways!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 4251334, member: 5066"]Another big factor I am pretty sure is, wide boards just do not fit in with industrial time/speed constraints when manufacturing furniture with machines. That wide walnut board above had to be air-dried outside in a shed for 4 years BEFORE it reached a moisture content to safely finish the drying process in a wood kiln. You can't "rush" wide wood slabs with modern wood drying techniques or you'll ruin them. By the 1850s here, steam power was the dominant method of manufacturing furniture so even if virgin/first cut forests were available, NO WAY they could wait around drying massive boards for years. They needed timber that could be logged, sawmilled into boards, and then immediately dried in a wood kiln & ready for the factory floor. You can't do that with wide boards, they REFUSE to submit to your modern ways!:happy:[/QUOTE]
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