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curious2garden

curious2garden

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manfredo said:
Is it red oak? I usually know my trees pretty good but that has me "stumped"....lol I was thinking maple...the dark center is throwing me...we have no oak that looks like that here.

I have been loving my propane fireplace, but I just got a letter from the co-op saying due to Corona prices are skyrocketing...Of course they are :cuss:
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I bought some spendy Red Oak to do a repair on a desk. I found hubby using the rest of it for crap, sigh...... I also have to check out why my drill press table is chattering after he used it to fuck with my quality left overs.
 
Bareback

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Singlemalt said:
Beautiful. That large one in the center looks like a candidate for your mill
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It’s water oak, I’ve sawn it before and it’s not very stable, however it’s also possible to get some pretty good quarter sawn boards if you get lucky.

I’ve been sawing a bunch of pine lately, if I think about it on Saturday I’ll get some pics. It’s going to be a new hay barn with batten board siding.
Grandpapy said:
Hard Wood!
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Yeah that’s what she said.
 
curious2garden

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Bareback said:
It’s water oak, I’ve sawn it before and it’s not very stable, however it’s also possible to get some pretty good quarter sawn boards if you get lucky.

I’ve been sawing a bunch of pine lately, if I think about it on Saturday I’ll get some pics. It’s going to be a new hay barn with batten board siding.

Yeah that’s what she said.
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Love your work, looking forward to seeing more of it
 
Bareback

Bareback

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manfredo said:
Is it red oak? I usually know my trees pretty good but that has me "stumped"....lol I was thinking maple...the dark center is throwing me...we have no oak that looks like that here.

I have been loving my propane fireplace, but I just got a letter from the co-op saying due to Corona prices are skyrocketing...Of course they are :cuss:
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I always thought it was in the red oak family but my son became quite the expert on tree identification in high school and informed me I was wrong. Turns out it’s in the white oak family.

The price of propane was one of the most important factors when I decided to invest in wood heat. I haven’t had to buy any since installing the wood stove. I’m just lucky I have a friend who is a tree surgeon and gives me wood for free and delivers too or it would be a little less fun.
 
Aeroknow

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raratt said:
I picked up one of the silver tarps, it has lasted a lot longer than most.
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What I need to do is put it somewhere a little more protected. Right now it isn’t at all.

The carport did me good. When I had nothing but a trailer out here it was invaluable. But it also kept me up at night when the wind was blowing . Was like a parachute opening up over and over again. Hella loud lol. Won’t miss that part!
 
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