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What is the definition of green woods?
"Green wood" is wood that has been recently cut/harvested and is not yet "dry". Well aged wood will have a moisture content in equilibrium with its environment, assuming it's had enough time to ...
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Using thick branches to make an end-grain cutting board?
I've read about branches having internal stresses and twisting/warping.
The main reason not to use wood from branches normally is that it's full of reaction wood, wood that has internal stress from ...
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How much extra thickness should I leave when rough milling green boards?
If you've got a lot to spare, then overdo it. Curves, twists, warps etc will always kill your yield. Flatsawn is apt to be less stable (esp with respect to cupping) than quartersawn.
The milling ...
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Identifying tree species
Bruce Hoadley, "Identifying Wood: Accurate Results With Simple Tools" is my go-to when you just have a hunk of wood.
However, your tree has neighbors with leaves/needles... it's very unlikely that it'...
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Is it safe to keep the bark on a fresh/green slice of tree trunk?
First off the bad news, that's almost certain to crack on you as it dries out. You might get lucky in which case you dodged a bullet, but the wood already has natural defects radiating from the centre ...
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Risk assessment for using draw knife/shave horse with children?
Answering based on your comment:
Yes the school already does woodwork with children in that age bracket, using knives, bowsaws, folding saws, splitting axes and hatchets.
I would argue that a ...
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How much extra thickness should I leave when rough milling green boards?
I believe there is just no easy "rule of thumb" when deciding what thicknesses to cut green lumber in an attempt to obtain a certain machined dry lumber thickness, without a lot of waste. Many ...
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How to dry big lumber?
You can't reliably dry wood in large section. It's done and done successfully1 but it's not something you can set out to do and know you'll get a good result because of many factors, not least of ...
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Acceptable wood moisture content for epoxy?
I called System Three and they were very helpful - they strongly recommended only epoxying wood that's reached it's equilibrium moisture content and not in any environment where it could be exposed to ...
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How to store/dry freshly cut lumber (white oak)
Seal the ends as wood loses moisture from the ends faster than the face. You are trying to lower moisture throughout the wood evenly. Latex paint is a cheap effective sealer.
Pick a location with good ...
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Using thick branches to make an end-grain cutting board?
Interesting idea; it never occurred to me. I have a few narrow branches that I thought weren't going to be usable for much more than veneer, but using your approach if I can get a few 1"x1" cross-...
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What is the definition of green woods?
The above definition, sounds very good to me. "Green wood" is wood that has been recently cut/harvested and is not yet "dry".
bpedit also suggests correctly that wood is best allowed to dry to an ...
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Is it safe to keep the bark on a fresh/green slice of tree trunk?
I live in the Pacific Northwest. If I leave bark on air drying green Douglas Fir slabs inevitably I have bark beetles digging holes and leaving frass (sawdust) behind.
If your round is green, I ...
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Is it safe to keep the bark on a fresh/green slice of tree trunk?
Your picture looks like Douglas fir bark. I have built 3 tables with Doug fir bark with great success. I simply air dryer the slabs to 15 percent and handled the wood very gently as the bark will ...
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Drying Wood Methods
I have used dehumidifiers to dry a load of reclaimed wood that was milled to use as trim in a home. It was at 20% moisture content (MC) so I made a frame of 2X material after I set a layer of 6 mil ...
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Drying Wood Methods
I have heard of sealing the end grain and then just leaving the piece to dry on it's own but then I believe there are even different ways to each of those.
Yes that is the standard way of drying all ...
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How to store/dry freshly cut lumber (white oak)
How long does it need to dry before I can use it?
Short answer is, until it's dry enough to use.
Ideal moisture level for seasoned wood is dependent on how it'll be used, dried wood for interior ...
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How to prevent tree 'cookies' from splitting?
As mentioned by Aloysius, PEG is probably what you want to use here - you need to soak the cookie in PEG for a certain period of time (depending on the size/thickness of the cookie). There are charts ...
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Is my 44" Diameter 12' Long Black Oak Log with Wind Shake still usable?
I've not heard the term, although I've seen the results of this problem earlier in my years of cutting firewood. It was welcome then, but that's because the end result is very weak wood.
According to ...
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Green wood (for turning) and mold risk
This just seems a little nuts to me. Even the wettest wood that will spray you with moisture as you turn it isn't going to make that much difference in a large dust collection system. and if it's ...
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Risk assessment for using draw knife/shave horse with children?
A few thoughts about PPE:
A leather apron can protect the body and legs down till below the knees
An adult size normal leather apron worn by a kid may be sufficient to cover the knees even when ...
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Can these tree tunks be used for a small table?
This question is a little broad, but I'd say yes, you could make a table out of these.
I'm assuming you're going for a "found object" style, and you're not talking about using them as lumber to make ...
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Is my 44" Diameter 12' Long Black Oak Log with Wind Shake still usable?
What length pieces is it cut to already? I’m not very experienced with this fault, but ... if the wood is nice anyway, and milling is not expensive, I would mill 8’ to 10’ sections into smaller ...
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How can I straighten a bent shaft?
I saw on the woodwrights shop them steam bending a long piece by putting it in some metal ducting and piping a regular tea kettle's steam output into it. The far end got stuffed with a towel loosely. ...
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How can you stabilize green wood after turning it on a lathe?
I have turned a few green bowls cross grain after turning I sand them down. Then, I use a old micro wave oven to heat them up some, 1- 1 1/2 mins. at a time. then take them out, and set them on a ...
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