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    Red Oak

    Pulled a little red oak out of the barn that has been air drying for a couple of years in order to make a shooting board and bench hook. Had to Plane a sample and throw some Linseed oil on it.

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    I have a complicated relationship with Red Oak. I say don't particularly like it, but I use it all the time because it is cheap, stable, and readily available here in good quality and quantity, and it works well for many things. And I frequently recommend it for those reasons.

    And yet I keep saying I don't particularly like it. It is my go to wood when I don't have a reason to use something better. Even though I just made a keyboard frame out of it this morning for the reasons listed before. Maybe because it has a certain high-school shop connotation when finished with clear polyurethane. I say I like White Oak better, but I actually prefer using Red Oak given the choice. Like I said, it's complicated

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    This is a little special since this is the first batch from trees on my property that I milled myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Isgren View Post
    This is a little special since this is the first batch from trees on my property that I milled myself.
    Congrats John! That has to be especially satisfying using lumber you milled from you own property!!

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