Strumerman!

[Rob Z]

Michael, check out this lumber that we salvalged! Quarter sawn fir....one of our customers asked us to get rid of the old work bench that was down in the basement. It was a nasty thing, covered in paint, shellac, mud and mold...I told one of my guys to cut it up with the sawzall and toss it into the dumpster. He called me from the jobsite and said that the vise that is on the bench is a good one and do I want him to save it? I say sure, take it off and then cut up the bench.

Then he called back and said that when he took the bench apart one section of the wood was exposed and he could see the bare lumber and it looked sweet. He asked do I want for him to save it? Absolutely!

I brought it home and cut off one end of this board to see the grain inside. Check out the tight growth rings.

Now I just have to think of something to make from it.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

is it oak Rob, it looks like it's old and slow growing

 

[diamondtiling]

Pitch Pine? It grows up Rob's way I think.

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[doug boardley]

with the pitch already in it?:lol::lol:

 

[diamondtiling]

Pitch pine is a name for a tree Douglas, latin name is "Pinus rigida" heights vary from 6m to 30m. It looks like it to me.

So na na na na na.................:smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

I've learned summat new today then, I always thought it was pine that was treated with tar, for use as railway sleepers etc, but happy to be enlightened

 

[diamondtiling]

The only reason I knew the difference was from years back, I watched some lads throwing all the roof timbers out of an old pub that they were re-furbing, looked like oak beams to me, I asked (honestly) if I could have them and took them to a reclamation yard, he gave me £7 per cubic foot, oak was about £2 cheaper. He said they were pitch pine, used for sash windows and suchlike because they have hardly any knots and grow so straight

 

[Rob Z]

Doug, this lumber is Douglas Fir. It will look beautiful when it's all cleaned up. I need to find a magnifying glass so I can count the growth rings per inch.

Where is Joe (Hillhead)...with all his background running trim through the milling machine, I'm sure he has seen Douglas Fir. It grows all over the NW of the US and Canada.

 

[hillhead]

Its a real nice timber the douglas fir,
i machined my own timbers for my house 9 years ago,i used american white oak,a real good hard wearing and sweet looking wood.
I mostly machined scandinavian pines when i was a machinist,plenty of shakes a knots,lol.
i had a weekly target of 107,000 linear metres,too dusty

 

[strummerman]

nothing like good wood :lol::lol::lol: