couple of hours in the woods today

[steeltowninwv]

nice oak that was down and a little walnut

sycamore and elm

 

[jatoxico]

Nice Steeltown! I need a few clean rounds like that to split.
Looks like there's wood all over the place in those pic's!

 

[Ken S]

Nice looking woodlot

 

[steeltowninwv]

there is...way more than i can cut before the ground gets it

 

[Gasifier]

That looks like a nice place to be Steeltown. Have you had many fires yet this year? Or have you not needed them?

 

[thewoodlands]

steeltowninwv, nice looking rounds, It looks like your setup for more work from what I see in the background.


Nice work.

zap

 

[tfdchief]

Beautiful woods, is it yours? Some of that looks like it will be ready to burn soon.

 

[bogydave]

Nice looking wood & woods.
When I see that walnut, I think how nice it would be to turn on a lathe for black pieces of a chess set.
It's all BTUs

 

[tfdchief]

there is...way more than i can cut before the ground gets it

That is a shame. Wish I could come help you.

 

[steeltowninwv]

Gasifier I've had several fires..got one going as we speak...Dave friend of mine has a lathe that's gonna be his walnut..he cuts with me all the time...he raided my woodpile today..lots of wormy buckeye he took

 

[xman23]

I thought a Walnut tree was worth a lot for the wood. Can anyone confirm this.

 

[Thistle]

That Walnut has some of the nicest color I've seen in 30+ yrs of cabinetmaking & turning.Great looking White Oak too,loads of heat in those rounds.Love finding snags & deadfall where the wood can be burned or worked immediately.

 

[Thistle]

I thought a Walnut tree was worth a lot for the wood. Can anyone confirm this.

When they're small,dead,mis shapen and/or just one tree or a couple,they're not worth much,just to the user.Not a commercial buyer or sawmill.

 

[tfdchief]

That Walnut has some of the nicest color I've seen in 30+ yrs of cabinetmaking & turning.Great looking White Oak too,loads of heat in those rounds.Love finding snags & deadfall where the wood can be burned or worked immediately.

Thistle, I thought the same thing. Some really rich color there. I would have a hard time burning that. I would though ;-P

 

[steeltowninwv]

thistle..im by no means even par on tree identification...but i thought it was red oak..is it white oak?

 

[smokinj]

You have any walnut bigger? And your rakers are a tap high. Sorry cant help myself.

 

[steeltowninwv]

few walnuts a tad bit bigger but not much bigger........rakers are tap high?

 

[smokinj]

few walnuts a tad bit bigger but not much bigger........rakers are tap high?

Your chain the rakers are to high and need to be filed(I am always trying to make a better chain). The walnut you have is very tight grained with a small sapwood. If that was over 20+ inch your golden. (Money Tree) purple...

 

[steeltowninwv]

how can u tell about my rakers?..i cut a dead standing walnut there the other day with no sapwood at all...it was all dark..no white at all..jay does the oak look like red oak to u?...thistle thinks its white..i vote red..

 

[smokinj]

how can u tell about my rakers?..i cut a dead standing walnut there the other day with no sapwood at all...it was all dark..no white at all

On your pic's there is a drag line or straight line that is not really uniform but shows in the pic(raker drag) . I cut alot of chains and I look for this in my milling as-well.

 

[lukem]

thistle..im by no means even par on tree identification...but i thought it was red oak..is it white oak?

Yep that's white oak. My rule of thumb is white bark = white oak...it doesn't refer to the color of the wood (which has a red tint to it).

 

[Constrictor]

ive never seen walnut with that small of a sap ring around it. normally the young trees have very little dark wood in them. that one actually looks like it could have made some lumber.

 

[dwillistein]

I think after it dies, the sapwood on walnut oxidizes and turns darker. That's also why it looks brown and not green like a fresh cut live walnut.

The oak looks like white oak to me.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yup. That be some pretty white oak and walnut.