If you use your bandsaw to cut any of the fresh oak from Danevale, check that the blade is clean as soon as you have finished. I didn’t and found that the dust was compacted onto the blade and spent an hour scraping the dust off ! The left side where the dust was pressed between the blade and the wheel was much worse than the right side.
Still, two 12″ bowls roughed out from the chunks I ‘acquired’.
Most us will be aware that oak contains tannin, which is extremely corrosive, especially when it is wet, so any-time we are working with wet/fresh oak we have to be very meticulous in cleaning everything afterwards as the sawdust ‘paste’ left anywhere will cause anything iron-based to rust immediately. I use a vacuum cleaner and a stiff paint brush to clean everything down and spray with light oil afterwards, then check the following day in case I missed anything, or did not do it right. Axes, saws, pinch bars, chainsaws and anything which came in contact with any part of the oak is at risk. Once the oak is seasoned and dry, the risk is minimal (so long as it stays dry and avoids contact with iron based metals – such as wire wool, nails etc.) I am still bemused every time I turn oak and my hands turn purple/black with the combination of oak dust, moisture from my hands, and contact with the turning tools !
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Cutting fresh oak : : Galloway Woodturners