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all my friends know i heat with wood so i often get anonymous donations. someone left some small logs in front of the house so i cut em up and my son split em. (i tried swinging the ax one handed lefty but its harder then it looks). anyway in 30 years of wood splittin here....never saw this before. very straight grained and burns well even green.
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Looks like black walnut.
Al
This oak & cherry is part of a load the city dropped off. No one else was willing to take on 4' diameter logs.
Cherry
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Oak
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Al
This oak & cherry is part of a load the city dropped off. No one else was willing to take on 4' diameter logs.
Cherry
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Oak
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Re: firewood
I think that what you've got there is some Al Gore Wood.
Allow me to explain:
From the photo, I can clearly see that it is very soft, and also semi-white on the outside.
The first clue.
The wood in question is very difficult to penetrate, even with left-handed logic.
The second clue.
It burns up well. On it's own. Even when green.
You got yourself some Al Gore wood there.
When you light it, try not to pay any attention to it as it burns, else the fire may grow uncontrollably stupid
Allow me to explain:
From the photo, I can clearly see that it is very soft, and also semi-white on the outside.
The first clue.
...i tried swinging the ax one handed lefty but its harder then it looks
The wood in question is very difficult to penetrate, even with left-handed logic.
The second clue.
Self explanatory.....never saw this before. very straight grained and burns well even green.
It burns up well. On it's own. Even when green.
You got yourself some Al Gore wood there.
When you light it, try not to pay any attention to it as it burns, else the fire may grow uncontrollably stupid
Huge difference between the sapwood and the heartwood...
Looks kinda like it is in the Lysiloma genus. Like our Wild Tamarind that I use
for eveything from BBQ'in to countertops.
These were just split right? Haven't had time to oxidize yet? If you look at 'em now is the heartwood noticeably more red?
Sweet, nutty aroma on the fresh split?
Hmmm, wonder what it is.....
Looks kinda like it is in the Lysiloma genus. Like our Wild Tamarind that I use
for eveything from BBQ'in to countertops.
These were just split right? Haven't had time to oxidize yet? If you look at 'em now is the heartwood noticeably more red?
Sweet, nutty aroma on the fresh split?
Hmmm, wonder what it is.....
I don't know what the world may want,
But a good stiff drink it surely dont,
Think I'll go and fix myself...a tall one.
But a good stiff drink it surely dont,
Think I'll go and fix myself...a tall one.
this wood splits if you look at it cross eyed.......very easy to split. i probably could have done it with a hatchet.(i've been doing that lefty all winter) the sap wood is quite firm and white. the heartwood looks like walnut. there is so much expensive ornamental landscaping out here it could be anything from anywhere. hopefully whoever dumped it will tell me.
Its really his latest carving..Hmmm, wonder what it is.....
Randall,
With construction down, 2x4 and 2x6's are getting hard to come by in scrap.
This year I set out and collected 63 christmas trees. While the pine burns kinda fast, it smells real good. See if you can find a gentile section of Long Island next year that doesn't use fake trees.
Its for the fire pit out back and its hard to get wood down here unless you buy it from HD for 6 small logs at 9 bucks.
I just had an fireplace insert inserted today. Sorry, had to say it that way, if for no one else, I chuckle...
Anyway, I have pallets coming out of my figurative ears, and am eager to fire them up. They are often stunning hardwood. Mahogony, maple, oak. they burn hot, but fast.
Randall, that is some very interesting wood. Bruce, no concerns about chimney fires burning all that pine? Lots of creosote!
Dug
Anyway, I have pallets coming out of my figurative ears, and am eager to fire them up. They are often stunning hardwood. Mahogony, maple, oak. they burn hot, but fast.
Randall, that is some very interesting wood. Bruce, no concerns about chimney fires burning all that pine? Lots of creosote!
Dug
When we bought this Shop building it had an Oak Floor.
Contracter wanted a thousand or so to cut it up and $1500.00 to cart it away.
Gave our guys some circular saws, bought a couple blades and spent $200 for a woodburning stove.
That first winter the place was heated by and large by that woodburning stove and the old Oak floor.
Contracter wanted a thousand or so to cut it up and $1500.00 to cart it away.
Gave our guys some circular saws, bought a couple blades and spent $200 for a woodburning stove.
That first winter the place was heated by and large by that woodburning stove and the old Oak floor.
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You never fail to amaze! I just wonder what you could do with your feet? You don't have hammer toe do you!
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