Any ideas on what this wood is? I'm making a little fort for my kids out of drift wood from a lake and pulled this log out of the water this weekend. I cut it in half with a chainsaw and it turned out to be beautiful inside. I'm now looking into maybe making a solar kiln and drying this to make something out of later. Anyway, thanks for any help y'all can give!
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did you smell turpentine when you cut it?
BushMeat,welcome to the forum.
Man you have gone and done it now!! We all want to see more of that wood. Is that a foot-18 inches across?
Texas Ranger - there was a bit of an odor, but I can't say for sure if it was turpentine. It wasn't strong, but it was noticeable. I actually found it kind of pleasant.
Thecfarm - yup, it is indeed about 18-20 inches at its widest. Unfortunately, I left this piece at the lake and won't be able to get more pictures until I go back. I left it in a dry, covered storage area and Put some scrap wood under it to get it off the ground, but after doing some reading I really wish I had taken it with me. I have zero experience with wood that didn't come from a lumber yard, but am really eager to find more now. Hopefully it's not ruined by the time I make it back in a few weeks. Anyway, this is the only other photo I have and it was taken immediately after sawing.
I realize I'm not giving y'all much to work with...ill be sure to get better info when I can.
P.S. Thanks for the welcome!
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I just remembered that I had thrown the end I cut off of this log in my trunk! I now have a few more pictures. I tried to get a good shot of the end grain, but I don't know how successful I was...
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Welcome to the Forestry Forum, BushMeat. 8)
Thanks!
I believe it to be pine.
the 3rd pic down looks like butternut :-\ don't know if you have that there
I think it's too hard to be pine. Again, I don't have much experience with this but it was really tough on the chainsaw. We had to stop twice to sharpen the blade.
And I don't think we have Butternut down here. Not according to Wikipedia anyway...
sand and grit in the wood will dull the chain, only wood with a sweet smell when cutting after the years that I know of is pine. By the looks, it has been under water for a very long time.
Very cool. Thanks!