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[bwalker]

I run 72 LG hand filed. Cant tell you the exact angle cause their in my head. A oregon roller guide works good as well.
Georgia oak does not = MI oak.

 

[Engineeringnerd]

And I bet you think your daddy can beat up my daddy....

 

[PES+]

I have never actually cut southern oak at all but from pieces I have seen already felled it looks very much like it would cut like weeping willow we had discussed in another thread about a Stihl bogging. The way you describe it

 

[Engineeringnerd]

Can't say, I've never cut willow. All I know is that this stuff is incredibly dense and an axe just bounces off of it, barely leaving a mark. Once it dries it can split pretty nicely with a wedge, although pieces this large are always tough.

 

[PES+]

The willow is soft but is the same weird grain whorls and wet sloppy weirdness.....but willow is only like that at the base at least a few that I have run into

 

[ray benson]

Maybe he cuts Live Oak(quercus virginia).You know, the state tree of Georgia. It is one of if not the densest, heaviest of the oaks.

 

[scottr]

Maybe he cuts Live Oak(quercus virginia).You know, the state tree of Georgia. It is one of if not the densest, heaviest of the oaks.

Ray , way back it was used to bounce cannon balls .

 

[bwalker]

He said Red oak, which isnt the hardest wood around any way. A red oak tree grown in upper MI will be more dense than one grown in GA based on the simple fact the Growing season in Georgia is a much longer than it is in upper MI. Tighter annual rings= higher density.
I dont know whats going on with guys saw, but I have cut identical wood and never had these issues.

 

[PES+]

He said Red oak, which isnt the hardest wood around any way. A red oak tree grown in upper MI will be more dense than one grown in GA based on the simple fact the Growing season in Georgia is a much longer than it is in upper MI. Tighter annual rings= higher density.
I dont know whats going on with guys saw, but I have cut identical wood and never had these issues.

The red was what I was talking about.....it amazed me when I saw the southern version.....it is very different grain than the reds up here

 

[Engineeringnerd]

Thanks guys, its definitely red oak. Really sour smelling stuff. The planks in my garage are almost overwhelming.

I'll have to check the local shop and see if they can verify the performance of my saw. May wait until I get a few more tanks through it, I've read several links that things loosen up after 10-20 tanks. I may have to find someone else that has a 372 nearby and give it a whirl to see how it compares.

I may also look at closing up my muffler mod a little to make sure I didn't leave it too open. I added about .78 square inches (minus screen) and bent the top muffler port level (it was crimped down from the factory).

 

[B_Turner]

Thanks guys, its definitely red oak. Really sour smelling stuff. The planks in my garage are almost overwhelming.

I've had my hands black from the tanins of working with oak for weeks sometime. A trick I learned is that if you get that black on something like your hands or wood you are working on, something like lemon juice takes it right away like magic.

One way to tell red oak from certain other oaks is red oak is absolutely like bundles of straws. You can take a small piece (like a short board) of red oak, stick one end under water and blow air bubbles like it was a drinking straw. Not a good canidiate for wine barrels....

 

[Engineeringnerd]

Turner,

Interesting, I'll have to give that a try, I'm having a hard time imagining it. I may be able to get a picture of a slab tomorrow in daylight for you to take a look. It may be our oaks are just that different.

By the way, that is an incredible bowl you made. What did you use to make it?

 

[B_Turner]

Turner,

Interesting, I'll have to give that a try, I'm having a hard time imagining it. I may be able to get a picture of a slab tomorrow in daylight for you to take a look. It may be our oaks are just that different.

By the way, that is an incredible bowl you made. What did you use to make it?

It's Douglas fir that has been sandblasted. A relatively common technique that has been taken to extremes on some of my work.

 

[SawTroll]

Maybe he cuts Live Oak(quercus virginia).You know, the state tree of Georgia. It is one of if not the densest, heaviest of the oaks.

That one is one of natures true works of art!