http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/giant-log/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-log Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:30:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/giant-log/#comment-12 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:37:57 +0000 http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/?p=957#comment-12 A lighting trick? Actually the log to the left is quite orange but it is really white pine….Osage orange is oranger.(sp)

]]> http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/giant-log/#comment-8 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:48:55 +0000 http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/?p=957#comment-8 Don’t know if it’s a lighting trick, but the small log to the left of the large one seems to have a yellowish cast and looking at the enlarged photo shows very fine saw marks on all the cuts. This suggests a very hard wood and Osage Orange comes to mind. As a kid, I had a lot of experience cutting/trying to cut such since we had a ton of it on our property and my dad was always using for various woodworking projects.

]]> http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/giant-log/#comment-6 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:13:11 +0000 http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/?p=957#comment-6 Jim,Knot even close so no ceegar…..Cherry rots growing and also rots after felling….this wood does not rot after felling…..well not for 50 years or so without treatment.

]]> http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/giant-log/#comment-5 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:32:12 +0000 http://tamaracklogandtimberhomes.com/?p=957#comment-5 Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Looks like typical WV cherry to me.

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