Logs to drool over!

[Magicman]

 

 
White Oak can me nice.


 
Especially what is inside.

[learner]

Learner, is that walnut? It looks fairly light in color. Maybe a regional variation?

That's Black Walnut dropped and delivered yesterday.  You can't get much greener than that.  It hasn't had time to darken.  ;D  That's why I'm just tickled pink to have it!

[Okrafarmer]

The one we just cut was pretty dark when we felled it. It was perfectly healthy.

[hackberry jake]

Depends on where they grow boys. I've seen extremely light colored walnut that grew less than a mile from some really dark walnut.

[learner]

Depends on where they grow boys. I've seen extremely light colored walnut that grew less than a mile from some really dark walnut.

:D I was just going to say that maybe they grow differently here.  I've got some drying now that was actually black on the ends of the logs when I cut them.  I have one more of that delivery to cut.  I'll post a pic of it tomorrow.  Of course it's been sitting awhile so.  I'd have to ask Ronnie how long.

[Magicman]

I drooled over this one for a bit today.


 
A 35" butt SYP log, and I was anxious to crack it open.


 
And all that I found inside was 48 2X6's and a few 2X4's.....$$$$   ;D

[learner]

 :D MagicMan.  I DO love what you can get from SYP.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Saw 'em and leave 'em. 

[Okrafarmer]

:D MagicMan.  I DO love what you can get from SYP.

I could never match his talent for 2X6's and 2X4's! I will never try.

All I could get out of SYP (Virginia Pine strain) was live-edge lapsiding today. This picture is showing the angle of the cant.



 

It was my first lapsiding cant, and I learned a few things.

Also seen in the picture is our Mech Angel, appearing in a puff of smoke, as usual.  ;D

[nas]

I've had a few that made me drool.  This one made me think of french fries, till I opened it up


 


  

 

[T Welsh]

All Cherry logs from my stash!

  Note the difference in color through out the logs. Tim

[DR Buck]

160 Year Old Pear Tree

Ambrosia Maple

Walnut Crotch with embedded walnuts

Walnut Crotch Slabs

Whack of Cherry

Quarter Sawn White Oak

[Magicman]

 

 
Sinker Cypress logs.


 
Many produced "pecky" Cypress which is highly sought after by builders. 

[scully]

Crazy beutiful stuff guys ! Got my eye on a couple standing logs that just might look interesting ! Just need to figure out how I can buy them .....

[Magicman]

This is a fun thread sharing mine and drooling over others.   

[WDH]

This is a great thread! :D.

[Cypressstump]

Here are a couple boards from a nice oily sinker cypress log, still trying to find the whole log pictures, these boards came from the double hearted log in my avatar.. The cypressene oil in some logs varies, this log was very heavy due to the high oil concentrations, and it has a wonderful smell to it as well.

[Okrafarmer]

Very nifty, swell, and keen!
;D

I need to go find some more "droolers" to mill!

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

 

 

Pecky cypress slab 8/4 X 16" Wide (ave) X 16' Long



 

Spalted sycamore.

[Magicman]

 

 
A Walnut log  ??? 


 
Some of what was inside.

[DR Buck]

These next 3 are  a large spalted maple log








This one has been posted before.  It's white oak from Ethel Kennedy's McClean VA "Hickory Hill" estate  Dan Shade and Mark (GA Boy) were all involved in the taking of this massive tree.

[T Welsh]

This is a great thread! :D.

I 2nd that! I do come up with some good ideas sometime! Come on guy,s these are some outstanding pic,s of logs, Dig further and even show us stuff that you may not think worthy, Remember not everybody has your native logs in there area! Tim

[mikeb1079]

walnut crotch vs honeylocust.  this was back in my chainsaw milling days, i was experimenting using regular (non milling) chain.  it cut a little rough!   :D



the honeylocust almost looks like a scorpion eh?

[shelbycharger400]

I HAD 4 erc 1 inch thick boards that were 16 in wide, 7 foot long,  cant find the photo  :-[.
They were full of random brown rot but looked like magic's pecky cypress.

Q: what causes the effect of the "pecky"  is it a fungus too?

[Magicman]

Q: what causes the effect of the "pecky"  is it a fungus too? 

To quote a famous person here on the FF;  My definition of pecky is "decoratively rotten".