Prettiest Lumber???

Fla._Deadheader · January 21, 2013, 04:40:19 PM

Been here over 7 years. Suits me just fine.

There are sections full of Americans and Europeans. I'm way out in the country, where just a handful live.

j-dland · January 21, 2013, 08:29:21 PM

Fla._Deadheader,You have been quite an inspiration to me ,Thank You for all your Input on the forum,that cypress you posted was awseme.Thats the kind of wood I like to work with , but I gotta admit it's really hard to Find.My first Pecky Cypress was thought to be junk.. Just luckily someone turned me on to enough info to let me know what I was dealing with.Under the power saw it felt like hollow wood, Almost left it to rot{float}.Now glad I didn"t.Learn a little every day when payin attenttion.Again thanks for your Input on The Forum.

Fla._Deadheader · January 21, 2013, 09:15:30 PM

Just glad that I helped someone. Thanks for the kind words.

When I first came here, I had Big Circle Saw 'sperense. We were diving for logs and being taken for a ride by the mill we were selling to.

I decided to build a Big Woodmizer, and got negative and positive input. Took a lot of ribbing, especially with the nice paint job.

It all worked out in the end, and, I'm just trying to put back what I gleaned from the good folks here.

LeeB · January 22, 2013, 11:50:50 PM

I wouldn't say this was the prettiestbecause I've sawn a lot ofpretty wood, but this sure ranksup there with the best of them. This came from a 4 foot long peice of logthat has been laying on a gravel bar in the creek for a long while. I picked it up today and figured what the heck, either spault or rot. Looks like I got lucky.

Okrafarmer · January 23, 2013, 01:49:26 AM

Is there a word for the bright color and splendor the sawyer sees when he first peels away the slab or board? You know what I mean. That vibrant color that goes away in a few minutes, almost no matter what species you are dealing with. Oxidation, or sunlight, or drying out, or whatever, changes the color almost instantly. For instance, black locust that looks like rich chocolate walnut for the first minute or so, and then turns zinc chromate yellow. Walnuts that are rainbow colored inside, then tone down to the chocolate color. Maple and pecan that shine like lip gloss and then tone down to a duller shade. Cherry that glows bright pink, then fades to a more subdued tone. What do we call that phenomenon? ???

I call it the "initial blush."

You take the log by surprise, and it wasn't ready to reveal its secrets. It instantly blushes, then rearranges its colors to a more defensive stance, where it isn't drawing so much attention. Only the sawyer and anyone else helping or watching gets to see this happen. Everyone else buys the lumber later, and just sees lumber.

LeeB · January 23, 2013, 02:52:38 AM

Been snorting sawdust again? :D

Okrafarmer · January 23, 2013, 08:10:26 AM

Quote from: LeeB on January 23, 2013, 02:52:38 AM
Been snorting sawdust again? :D

Err-- not intentionally, but I did mill locust yesterday. . . .

mesquite buckeye · January 23, 2013, 08:00:50 PM

Quote from: LeeB on January 22, 2013, 11:50:50 PM
I wouldn't say this was the prettiestbecause I've sawn a lot ofpretty wood, but this sure ranksup there with the best of them. This came from a 4 foot long peice of logthat has been laying on a gravel bar in the creek for a long while. I picked it up today and figured what the heck, either spault or rot. Looks like I got lucky.

Do you know what it is? ???

mesquite buckeye · January 23, 2013, 08:02:46 PM

Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 23, 2013, 01:49:26 AM
Is there a word for the bright color and splendor the sawyer sees when he first peels away the slab or board? You know what I mean. That vibrant color that goes away in a few minutes, almost no matter what species you are dealing with. Oxidation, or sunlight, or drying out, or whatever, changes the color almost instantly. For instance, black locust that looks like rich chocolate walnut for the first minute or so, and then turns zinc chromate yellow. Walnuts that are rainbow colored inside, then tone down to the chocolate color. Maple and pecan that shine like lip gloss and then tone down to a duller shade. Cherry that glows bright pink, then fades to a more subdued tone. What do we call that phenomenon? ???

I call it the "initial blush."

You take the log by surprise, and it wasn't ready to reveal its secrets. It instantly blushes, then rearranges its colors to a more defensive stance, where it isn't drawing so much attention. Only the sawyer and anyone else helping or watching gets to see this happen. Everyone else buys the lumber later, and just sees lumber.

Well put. That, and never knowing for sure what you will find inside keeps me cutting.

LeeB · January 23, 2013, 08:45:46 PM

Sycamore. Thanks for reminding me. I thought about it this morning and couldn't remember if I had put the species in the post. :D

mesquite buckeye · January 23, 2013, 09:34:10 PM

Very nice. How squishy is it?????

;D 8) 8) 8)

LeeB · January 24, 2013, 12:14:08 AM

Surprisingly solid still. I really figured with it being in the creek bed for a year that I know of since I bought the place, that it would be total mush.