Old and New Growth wood,What makes it old and what makes it new?

[paccity]

JoeG, we got a lot of use out of that wagon, it was an '85 LTDII. It blew both head gaskets and had holes in the block at 225,000 miles, pretty much a total. We paid a grand for it, put 60k on it.
This is our "new" wagon, a '68 Falcon with a 289.

what colour is this one going to be.:msp_wink:

 

[Oldtimer]

The plan is to demo this house (Well over 200 years old) and salvage whatever I can. I should end up with a good amount. All the beams are hand hewn, and the purlins too. I have pit sawn boards in the roof, about 8' long and 20" wide.
The beams in the kitchen ceiling are 6x6 hand hewn spruce, about 22' long. I have 6 of them. The ridge pole is a hewn tree that is about 26' long, but the hewn part ends about 20' along and the rest is round...with the bark still on it.

I am sawing out timbers now, stockpiling them for the day I start building this house from scratch. It will be the same shape style and square footage, just "new" and air-tight. The end goal is a new home that looks 225 years old....

 

[rwoods]

OT, sounds like a great project. Nothing beats the character of old wood. Ron

 

[KiwiBro]

I am sawing out timbers now, stockpiling them for the day I start building this house from scratch. It will be the same shape style and square footage, just "new" and air-tight. The end goal is a new home that looks 225 years old....

What a great plan. Best of luck with it. Please can you take heaps of photos and start a 'rebuild' thread when the time comes?

 

[Steve NW WI]

what colour is this one going to be.:msp_wink:

Looks like he's already there, Homelite blue!

 

[Oldtimer]

What a great plan. Best of luck with it. Please can you take heaps of photos and start a 'rebuild' thread when the time comes?

Absolutely.

 

[TreeGuyHR]

Extracting old Kauri logs from peat bogs in New Zealand. Probably worth more than the sheep on the land for that year!

unearthing ancient kauri - 45,000+ years old - YouTube

Pics of milled slabs (not posted as an advert), just check these out

Bowerbird Saved Timbers : Slabs & Board Stock

 

[LegDeLimber]

Opps! sorry for being a thread derailing rambler, ADD gets the better of me sometimes
and you people put up some things that just set my little mind off
on journeys of wonder and such.

 

[Samlock]

Opps! sorry for being a thread derailing rambler, ADD gets the better of me sometimes
and you people put up some things that just set my little mind off
on journeys of wonder and such.

People have blamed here on the F&L forum for being lots of ugly things, but never ever for being a thread derailing rambler. That's a standard.

 

[paccity]

some times the wandering is better than than the original subject.:msp_rolleyes:

 

[Gologit]

some times the wandering is better than than the original subject.:msp_rolleyes:

Yup.

 

[redprospector]

some times the wandering is better than than the original subject.:msp_rolleyes:

That seems to be the case most of the time.
I'm assuming from Bob's signature that we won't be seeing him in the Whining thread anymore. :hmm3grin2orange:

Andy

 

[Gologit]

That seems to be the case most of the time.
I'm assuming from Bob's signature that we won't be seeing him in the Whining thread anymore. :hmm3grin2orange:

Andy

I'll still be there. When you guys and gals whine I can usually relate to whatever it is you're whining about. And it's really not whining...it's more of a descriptive process. Hmmm...descriptive process...can you tell I've been hanging around Foresters and learning new words?

I was thinking more about the "my 250 is too heavy and I need a smaller saw" or the "I didn't tarp, shelter, or otherwise cover my firewood and now it's all wet and I don't know what to do and besides my saw won't run right and I can't sharpen the blade but I just ordered four more saws on EBay , and my kids won't help, and my wife hates me 'cause I have chainsaw parts all over the house, and the dog had puppies in my pickup" threads.

That kind of whining I can do without.

 

[slowp]

Well, there is that old joke about log truck drivers and puppies......

Sorry, I just couldn't help it.

 

[Gologit]

Well, there is that old joke about log truck drivers and puppies......

Sorry, I just couldn't help it.

Be nice, or I'll tell a Forester joke.

 

[slowp]

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[redprospector]

Well, there is that old joke about log truck drivers and puppies......

Sorry, I just couldn't help it.

Hmm, I must have missed that one some how. Go ahead Patty, enlighten us.

Andy

 

[Gologit]

Hmm, I must have missed that one some how. Go ahead Patty, enlighten us.

Andy

Oh sure...encourage her. Thanks, pal.

 

[dooby]

Extracting old Kauri logs from peat bogs in New Zealand. Probably worth more than the sheep on the land for that year!

unearthing ancient kauri - 45,000+ years old - YouTube

Pics of milled slabs (not posted as an advert), just check these out

Bowerbird Saved Timbers : Slabs & Board Stock

Does any body know if peat bogs in the US are capable of this kind of preservation. I know of atleast 2 bogs on private and one on state. $$$$$$$$$$$

 

[slowp]

Well, the siderod told the puppy joke.

What is the difference between a log truck driver and a puppy?

Answer: The puppy quits whining when it is two months old.