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Last cut, that's the unusual bit!

As a suburbanite with my scrounging coming from other gardens I get washing line, rope swings, nails/screws for bird feeders and tree houses, chain link fencing. It all has the same effect ... Sparks, a grimace, reach for the file.
Speak of the devil… I no sooner sent off that reply when I started cleaning out the fireplace… some light duty live stock fencing!

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Oak by the bark. Not sure of type. The "birch" looks like wild cherry from the bark and reddish heartwood.
It's definitely Oak. I just don't know which one. Not that it matters. Bad pictures. Not as red as it looks. It's definitely not Cherry. I've cut a fair amount of that and this doesn't have the smell and is not red. The scales are bigger and much more pronounced than Cherry.
 
Anybody try or use a metal detector on a regular basis? Or mostly go by luck and instinct?

Thanks

Philbert
I use a handheld one in my woodworking shop… haven’t used one in the field. Running nails through $120 table saw blades, jointers and thickness planners is never a good time…
 
It's definitely Oak. I just don't know which one. Not that it matters. Bad pictures. Not as red as it looks. It's definitely not Cherry. I've cut a fair amount of that and this doesn't have the smell and is not red. The scales are bigger and much more pronounced than Cherry.
Older,mature wild cherry will get the heavier, scaly bark. This is one I did about a year ago. Enlarge the pic if you can.
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Hound dog enjoying the fire this morning.
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The wind blew over a big oak out in my woods some time ago, so today my friend and me, finally got started on getting it out,

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We started at the top and cut it into chunks, skidding them as we went,

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Until we got to some pretty good sized 10' chunks,

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we got about half of it out,

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then it started to rain, so I called it quits and we came back home.

Maybe next weekend we can work on it some more...

SR
 
Necessity is the mother of all things........

But motivation is a key contributor to the outcome...






Filling the wood bin...... ah...good enough for April 2nd[emoji23][emoji23]

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Sent while firmly grasping my Redline lubed Ram [emoji231]🛻
 
Necessity is the mother of all things........

But motivation is a key contributor to the outcome...






Filling the wood bin...... ah...good enough for April 2nd[emoji23][emoji23]

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Sent while firmly grasping my Redline lubed Ram [emoji231]🛻
Just brought in a wheelbarrow load myself. Not as much black locust, but rather a bunch of that shoulder wood, cherry, and red oak lol.
Saw this HVBW today when getting fuel for the Kubotas :envy:.
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The wind blew over a big oak out in my woods some time ago, so today my friend and me, finally got started on getting it out,

Resized-20220402-115952-S.jpg


We started at the top and cut it into chunks, skidding them as we went,

Resized-20220402-130237-S.jpg


Until we got to some pretty good sized 10' chunks,

Resized-20220402-130246-S.jpg


we got about half of it out,

Resized-20220402-134838-1-S.jpg


then it started to rain, so I called it quits and we came back home.

Maybe next weekend we can work on it some more...

SR
Nice haul Rob.
Looks pretty swampy there.
 

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