got this today next to a bunch of oak trees. Figured I’d mill it. I cut it with my 171 15” bar. Any ideas? Thanks. I’d the black stuff called spalding?the longer piece has a good bend to it. Figured I’d look good as a slab
Is this oak wood? Might be ash
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got this today next to a bunch of oak trees. Figured I’d mill it. I cut it with my 171 15” bar. Any ideas? Thanks. I’d the black stuff called spalding?the longer piece has a good bend to it. Figured I’d look good as a slab
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99% sure it’s ash, bark looks just like all the dead ones we have around here, never saw oak bark like that.
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Around here with ash the areas that have the spalted look are usually very dry and flaky, they don’t even split, just shatter/flake apart.
Here’s a better pic. It’s light that’s why i thought it was ash. I’d have a much harder time if it were oak I think. This is a 20” diameter log where I cut it and gets smaller. Goes down to 16”. I bet I could use the slabs fast, might even be dry. You think it’s Worth milling this ash? Supposedly it’s going extinct so maybe worth it
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Ash is a good hard wood, king of wood for baseball bats. Just depends on how bad areas degraded. You won’t find great grain patterns like walnut or chestnut but if you have the wood and time you might as well try.
I think hickory is also used as bats. I give it a try. Much easier to cut then oak, and lighter
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Dry dead ash throws LOTS of dust.
Like fine dust?
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Like talcum powder dust. I’ll take a pic of my saw tomorrow and post it.
That would be cool to see. The ash seems so much weaker then oak that’s why I’m not crazy about it but it’s still good wood that can be put to use. I think the two trees look similar tho.
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Ash goes bad / punky fast. It also goes bad / punky weird. It'll be solid, solid, solid, bad / punky, solid, solid, bad punky, bad / punky, solid... from one block to the next.
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The dark areas look like rot to me. You could probably poke at them compared to the surrounding areas to tell. It looks like you could get some good slabs from that. Probably some bad ones too.
Hickory had been used off and on for bats, but the main wood replacing ash for bats today is maple. They are very similar in weight/density but maple is a little more brittle.
Hickory had been used off and on for bats, but the main wood replacing ash for bats today is maple. They are very similar in weight/density but maple is a little more brittle.
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Sorry, I’m OCD about cleaning my says after use. I pulled it out of the case and it’s already been cleaned.
Looks great so far. Is piece is the center section of that truck I got. I’m going to sharpen my chain before I go any further. My rakers are little high on some of them. Checked it with my moisture meter and it’s at about 21-24% which is really high. That’s about what most the green wood is I get. And this thing has been down for years. Crazy how it won’t season unless it has a roof over its head lol. Being on the ground definitely doesn’t help, it would help if I had a 2x12 instead of this 2x8 I think.im making a mill right now to cut these slabs at 90 degree angle, not these ones but others that are thick. I’ll cut 2 at 3” thick tomorrow, I think it will come out I’ve since it’s 2 tone grain
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Your Husky seems interested.
Interested in restating pis$ing me off a lot too. He’s stubborn. Do you find a big difference in milling and cross cut chain?
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I’m not into milling yet, I’ve got to learn all this stuff. When I mentioned all the dust with dead ash I meant that just bucking rounds, that stuff is filthy but great firewood. I had to noodle this to load it, when I saw the grain I decided I gotta save some of the wood I’m turning into firewood. This was 18” across, chestnut.
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Nice I’ll look for those chestnuts. Probably good for smoking aswell. I’ve seen one on CL once
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Never tried smoking with chestnut. Oak, cherry and apple. Bought some alder once, fantastic. No alder around here unfortunately. I buy mesquite, me and my buddy like it, the women complain it’s too strong.
I’ve got bunch of red alder around me. Really soft wood that’s a hard wood
i smoke it up on this at least once a week, I got 7 different kinds of wood to smoke with 
i smoke it up on this at least once a week, I got 7 different kinds of wood to smoke with 
