Anyone have any experience with Hickory?

[Brendon Phillips]

Hickory is hard to come by here, so I brought these 3 logs home from a job. Is it useful for anything besides firewood and smoking? Haven't really seen much made out of it.

 

[Brendon Phillips]

Did a search for hickory furniture. Love the look of this wood.

 

[lone wolf]

Did a search for hickory furniture. Love the look of this wood.

Yup it makes nice furniture.

 

[STLfirewood]

It makes great flooring. I put it in my kitchen. Here's a picture.

 

[Brendon Phillips]

It makes great flooring. I put it in my kitchen. Here's a picture.View attachment 358498

That's good lookin stuff. I might make some flooring out of it to put in the man cave part of the garage.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Milled some this weekend. Hard on a csm but pretty lumber. Log sold quickly.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I mill a "shag bark" from time to time,

It mills up quite nicely,

and makes some VERY NICE lumber!

SR

 

[buzz sawyer]

The bark in the photos looks like Black Hickory / Pignut Hickory.

 

[Dave Boyt]

Hickory is in the same family as pecan, and similar in appearance and properties. One thing I learned is that it rots quickly, so get it stickered and air drying ASAP after milling. Hard wood, but worth milling.

 

[Brendon Phillips]

Hickory is in the same family as pecan, and similar in appearance and properties. One thing I learned is that it rots quickly, so get it stickered and air drying ASAP after milling. Hard wood, but worth milling.

Speaking of Pecan, got my hands on 3 decent Pecan logs yesterday. I got my hands full now..... I need to get to it.

 

[Dave Boyt]

Pecan & hickory are both challenging to cut straight. Keep a sharp blade on the mill while cutting, don't push too hard, and you'll do fine. Looking forward to more pictures.

 

[agrams]

I made a big dining/great table out of hickory for a customer. I like the heartwood/sapwood contrast in it, and it is an incredibly hard wood.

I am more of a woodworker than a miller, but when you buy it as a lumber, the yards treat pecan and hickory as the same wood and put it in the same bin. It has a janka hardness around 1700, so very durable for tabletops and high wear surfaces.