did you tongue and groove it or just straighten it up put it down ? i was going to put it on top half of walls and maybe do my floors as well we have tons of it no good for firewood when i have oak maple hickory ash for that all are straight and tall here seems like soft wood rots up fast if falls similar to popularProbably a underutilized wood here on the east coast. It warps some and dries more then most. I've used it in a few projects. I had a 3/8 maple floor that was impossible to find more of. I used some 3/8 aspen I had for apple crates to patch the floor with. It's still holding up. The left is the maple, right is the aspen. It's actually a pretty wood. https://plus.google.com/photos/1076...5426633500896201714&oid=107614430480833197202
I just started milling this past summer. I started out with aspen. It was standing dead. I was quite pleased with the results. Mine stayed very straight and has some really nice color in it. Plan on starting some projects with it real soon. View attachment 385335 View attachment 385335 View attachment 385338
I just straightened it and nailed it down with cut nails. If it wasn't so thin I would have tongue and grooved it. That whole apartment job was pretty low budget.did you tongue and groove it or just straighten it up put it down ? i was going to put it on top half of walls and maybe do my floors as well we have tons of it no good for firewood when i have oak maple hickory ash for that all are straight and tall here seems like soft wood rots up fast if falls similar to popular
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting. What species of aspen is that? Most of the aspen in my neck of the woods is quaking aspen. The bark looks much different.I mill quite a bit of it, as I have a lot of it on my place... The butt logs go to the BSM,
and the rest goes to be cut/split for firewood,
Lately, I've been milling those butt logs into 2x4's, and building 1/2 cord boxes,
To put the firewood in,
Aspen has a lot of uses, you just have to keep the negatives in mind, as you build with it.
SR
we have Bigtooth Aspen in pa.Interesting. What species of aspen is that? Most of the aspen in my neck of the woods is quaking aspen. The bark looks much different.
http://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x3830691/balsam_poplar_forest_populus_balsamifera_and you are right this ts what mine is i think i am going to get some pictures i know one thing the trees i have dont look like they belong here with all the hardwoods and if one falls its rotten and falling apart bye next fall now you got me wondering as well ------- no this is what i have its aspen http://www.greytowers.org/trees/flexslider/images/bigtoothaspen-03.jpg sticks out like sore thumbCould be balsam poplar. Doesn't look like our aspen aside from the color.
Count your blessings Rob - poplar's better wood.
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