Hoping to ID this species. It smells sweet when milled.
Southeast Virginia
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No leaves, no natural color left, no clean end grain. You like making it tough!
I see a pruned knot so it's a yard tree. Kinda white oak looking bark. A nice fresh saw cut on the surface and the end grain would make it possible to id.
white oak thats been on the ground a spell.
I think Mood and Mike are right about white oak. In the first pic down at 6:00 on the clock face, I see the stippling of the medullary rays. A simple look at the end grain will confirm if this is correct.
I'll make a fresh saw cut this afternoon. Doesn't smell like the other white oak I've been milling.
Everything I have to mill are yard trees that have been down for between 6 weeks to 12 months so no leaves on anything unfortunately. Going forward, I want to be more careful about labeling and inventory.
So I never cut a fresh end, but the guy I got it from swears its hickory. I need to cut a fresh end later today.
Quote from: VB-Milling on September 29, 2021, 12:05:21 PM
So I never cut a fresh end, but the guy I got it from swears its hickory. I need to cut a fresh end later today.
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Still looks like WO. Definitely not hickory.
The beaver that chewed that off needs to be taught how to make a smooth cut. ;D
We're gonna call it WO and I'm going to go sharpen my chain :D
I guess I have no hickory
No hickory for you!
Quote from: VB-Milling on September 08, 2021, 03:27:03 PM
Hoping to ID this species. It smells sweet when milled.
Southeast Virginia
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Looking at your first picture:
I'd say your sawing speed was steady and you have a blade that is missing some tooth points.
GAB
There have been a few Walnut trees that drop Hickory nuts, so not a surprise to find acorns under a Hickory. Heck, I even had a customer whose oaks shed needles, but that story involves a Game Warden and the beginning of a search party. :D
I have been called to buy a whack of the "hickory-walnut".