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Wood Haul

Postby 9fingers » 26 May 2021, 19:28

I went over to see a friend today and due to ill health he is having to give up most if not all his practical hobbies.
I came away with the back of the car chock full of ex hardwood flooring.
Having cut into a small piece the face grain looks like this:-

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The end grain was a bit of a giveaway to me

End Grain.jpg
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Shouts red oak at me and so I did the dip test in a pot with 5mm of white spirit in the bottom.

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The WS rose about 60mm in a matter of seconds. Definitely Red Oak

A good few cubic feet in my stash now :eusa-whistle:

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Re: Wood Haul

Postby Andyp » 26 May 2021, 19:29

Nice. Wotcha gonna do with it?
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby 9fingers » 26 May 2021, 19:39

Andyp wrote:Nice. Wotcha gonna do with it?



No plans yet as such Andy. With care it should plane up to about 85 x 13 if I'm careful for boxes etc
It should edge joint nicely for wider board needs. Would also make bandsawn construction veneers for some curved work.
If you fancy any for say segmented turning you are welcome to some if and when we let you back into UK :lol:

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Re: Wood Haul

Postby Andyp » 26 May 2021, 20:09

Still impossible to make plans for UK travel. France is still amber AFAIK so getting to the and quarantineing for the duration is pointless. Hopefully restrictions on both side of the channel will be eased next month.
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby sunnybob » 27 May 2021, 05:18

I saw a video where a man blew air through red oak and bubbled the water it was standing in. can you actually do that? :shock:
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby Mike G » 27 May 2021, 07:07

sunnybob wrote:I saw a video where a man blew air through red oak and bubbled the water it was standing in. can you actually do that? :shock:


Yes, easily.
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby Woodbloke » 27 May 2021, 08:08

I had a similar haul on Tuesday. I went up to see my mate north of Andover and came back with four fantabulous boards of prime English Oak (panels for my linen chest project) some incredible 700mm wide, clean boards perfect Olive Ash and two lumps of burr Acacia (silvery green sort of colour) for a musical box that SWIMBO has ‘requested’ :eusa-whistle: Sadly, t’weren’t cheap, but for the amount of timber I got hold of, it was good value. Even better, it was all air dried. I don’t want to see another bit of KD’d wood if I can avoid it :evil: - Rob
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby AJB Temple » 27 May 2021, 10:06

Is red oak usually that porous? Amazing. Never used it personally.
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby Mike G » 27 May 2021, 10:09

AJB Temple wrote:Is red oak usually that porous?.....


Yep. NEVER use it outside, or where it can get wet.
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Re: Wood Haul

Postby 9fingers » 29 May 2021, 19:50

Clip of blowing air through red oak

https://youtu.be/iZs2a3WdFuE

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