Bill Space
03-21-2017, 9:46 PM
Hi,
A couple years ago I took down a standing dead ash tree that succumbed to the emerald ash borer. It probably stood dead for a couple, maybe several years.
I took the base to a guy who cut it and kiln dried it for me. He told me it was very hard wood, compared to what he normally cuts.
So I am now using it to trim five windows, that have three panes and are about 4x6 feet in size. Need about 90 pieces of various sizes to accomplish this. But that is another story...
I did not select boards but rather just took what I needed off the top of the "pile".
I actually like these boards a lot. Wondering how many more like this I have as I just took maybe 5% of what I have so far.
While many look like normal wood, some look like this (8" +/- wide):
356697
356699
Sorry, I tried rotating the images before uploading a second time, but they appear the same afterwards.
Did this tree start to spalt, or is this simply what one normally finds inside an ash tree?
In any case, I like the grain pattern...
Bill
A couple years ago I took down a standing dead ash tree that succumbed to the emerald ash borer. It probably stood dead for a couple, maybe several years.
I took the base to a guy who cut it and kiln dried it for me. He told me it was very hard wood, compared to what he normally cuts.
So I am now using it to trim five windows, that have three panes and are about 4x6 feet in size. Need about 90 pieces of various sizes to accomplish this. But that is another story...
I did not select boards but rather just took what I needed off the top of the "pile".
I actually like these boards a lot. Wondering how many more like this I have as I just took maybe 5% of what I have so far.
While many look like normal wood, some look like this (8" +/- wide):
356697
356699
Sorry, I tried rotating the images before uploading a second time, but they appear the same afterwards.
Did this tree start to spalt, or is this simply what one normally finds inside an ash tree?
In any case, I like the grain pattern...
Bill