John TenEyck
07-07-2011, 8:05 PM
A few months ago I asked for your help to identify a log I had gotten from an arborist friend: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?164753-Name-that-wood-!&highlight=mystery+tree Several of the early responders thought it was some type of hickory, some others were really sure it was an oak. Well, I finally got around to milling it into lumber today. In the intervening months a few leaves had grown out of the bark, which looked a lot like hickory to me. And when I opened it up that suspicion was confirmed - it's gotta be a hickory, probably a Pignut hickory. Here are a couple of photos.
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The ends were painted twice with plain old latex wall paint. The end checking goes in less than 1 inch and there is no fungus/mold/etc. damage. For those who think latex paint is not adequate protection for the cut ends of logs, here's proof that it is. This log laid on the ground through the wettest spring we've had in years, as well, so there you are.
I don't think I'll be milling any more hickory in the near future. It took me all day and four chains just to mill this one log. Wow, was that stuff hard - and heavy. I'm not much of a fan of hickory either. I was expecting it to be some kind of oak but now I've got 13 boards I'm not sure what I'll do with. Hopefully, a project will come along where they will be a good choice to use for.
Thanks to everyone who offered an ID to my original posting.
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The ends were painted twice with plain old latex wall paint. The end checking goes in less than 1 inch and there is no fungus/mold/etc. damage. For those who think latex paint is not adequate protection for the cut ends of logs, here's proof that it is. This log laid on the ground through the wettest spring we've had in years, as well, so there you are.
I don't think I'll be milling any more hickory in the near future. It took me all day and four chains just to mill this one log. Wow, was that stuff hard - and heavy. I'm not much of a fan of hickory either. I was expecting it to be some kind of oak but now I've got 13 boards I'm not sure what I'll do with. Hopefully, a project will come along where they will be a good choice to use for.
Thanks to everyone who offered an ID to my original posting.