I friend I work with had a large pecan tree come down during a tornado
earlier this year. They have to pieces of the main trunk about 8 ft long.
IF so I figure I can get my son inlaw to haul it to a sawmill. I've never
done this before so should I get it sliced in 1" thick pieces. I was
thinking of putting it in the basement for about a year or so. Any
recomendations will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Mike S.
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Mike S. asks:
>
>I friend I work with had a large pecan tree come down during a tornado
>earlier this year. They have to pieces of the main trunk about 8 ft long.
>IF so I figure I can get my son inlaw to haul it to a sawmill. I've never
>done this before so should I get it sliced in 1" thick pieces. I was
>thinking of putting it in the basement for about a year or so.
Do it. If the tree is large enough, you may not fit it in your basement. Have
it cut half 4/4 and half 6/4 (that's 1" and 1-1/2").
Get hold of some DRY stickers and some cement blocks to make a platform. Stack
the first row, sticker every 20-24", stack the next row, sticker and continue
until you're out of wood. If you're outdoors, use plastic or old sheetmetal
roofing to cover the top row, appropriately weighted to keep it in place.
A year per inch works.
For more detail, check out www.woodweb.com
Charlie Self
"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be
common." Satchel Paige
Only if you don't know cherry. Pores and pattern, let alone natural cherry
color, all different.
I suppose a "Normed-up" gel-stained pair might have pretty much the same
_color_ , anyway.
"Steven Bliss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I use it quite a bit. Doesn't seem to warp very much. With the right
> stain, it looks alot like cherry.....cheaper here, too.
There was a discussion several weeks earlier about salvaging trees that have
been felled by huricanes. One poster said that stresses in the wood
resulting from the bending and breakage would render the wood unsalvagable.
Basically, he said, it's only good for firewood. However, personally, I'd
give it a try and see what happens. Maybe you;ll get a 40% or better yeild
after drying which isn't too bad if the tree is large.
"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Charlie & the others, thanks for the info. I had to work today so going to
> try and go get those logs tomorrow. Again thanks.
> --
> Mike S.
Charlie & the others, thanks for the info. I had to work today so going to
try and go get those logs tomorrow. Again thanks.
--
Mike S.
[email protected]
"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I friend I work with had a large pecan tree come down during a tornado
> earlier this year. They have to pieces of the main trunk about 8 ft long.
> IF so I figure I can get my son inlaw to haul it to a sawmill. I've never
> done this before so should I get it sliced in 1" thick pieces. I was
> thinking of putting it in the basement for about a year or so. Any
> recomendations will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Mike S.
> [email protected]
>
>
What Charlie said. It's a very nice wood for making furniture; it has a
creamy-tan color and nice figure. Might I also suggest that you save as much
of the tree as possible, and use the smaller chunks in the barbeque. Pecan is
one of the BEST woods for cooking, and I'd take it over Hickory, Oak, or
Mequite any day. If you're not into that, you could certainly sell the smaller
chunks to someone who is.
--
To reply, change the chemical designation to its common name.
I use it quite a bit. Doesn't seem to warp very much. With the right
stain, it looks alot like cherry.....cheaper here, too.
"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I friend I work with had a large pecan tree come down during a tornado
> earlier this year. They have to pieces of the main trunk about 8 ft long.
> IF so I figure I can get my son inlaw to haul it to a sawmill. I've never
> done this before so should I get it sliced in 1" thick pieces. I was
> thinking of putting it in the basement for about a year or so. Any
> recomendations will be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Mike S.
> [email protected]
>
>
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:24:22 -0600, you wrote:
>Man this stuff is HARD.
when I worked in a commercial cabinet shop(we did NOT make
kitchen cabinets) pecan was the 'hated wood', due to the embedded
sand particles in it. We made all the trim for a store in a large
mall, and they wanted pecan trim, The moulder was a 6 head 24'
long machine and it was nicking the blades every 30 feet or so.
--Shiva--
Shiva writes:
> when I worked in a commercial cabinet shop(we did NOT make
>kitchen cabinets) pecan was the 'hated wood', due to the embedded
>sand particles in it. We made all the trim for a store in a large
>mall, and they wanted pecan trim, The moulder was a 6 head 24'
>long machine and it was nicking the blades every 30 feet or so.
Makes me wonder where you got your pecan. Same genus as hickory, hard as all
get out, but nothing in my experience or in the literature shows mineral
inclusions in any Carya. Overall family is the same as walnut. You must have
picked up a lot of stuff near beaches, similar areas.
Charlie Self
"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The
conduct of public affairs for private advantage. " Ambrose Bierce
Man this stuff is HARD.
n Sat, 01 Nov 2003 16:05:05 GMT, "Steven Bliss" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I use it quite a bit. Doesn't seem to warp very much. With the right
>stain, it looks alot like cherry.....cheaper here, too.
>"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I friend I work with had a large pecan tree come down during a tornado
>> earlier this year. They have to pieces of the main trunk about 8 ft long.
>> IF so I figure I can get my son inlaw to haul it to a sawmill. I've never
>> done this before so should I get it sliced in 1" thick pieces. I was
>> thinking of putting it in the basement for about a year or so. Any
>> recomendations will be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Mike S.
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 02:37:32 GMT, Steve Turner
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What Charlie said. It's a very nice wood for making furniture; it has a
>creamy-tan color and nice figure. Might I also suggest that you save as much
>of the tree as possible, and use the smaller chunks in the barbeque. Pecan is
>one of the BEST woods for cooking, and I'd take it over Hickory, Oak, or
>Mequite any day. If you're not into that, you could certainly sell the smaller
>chunks to someone who is.
yeh what they said. also you may have some turners in your area who
whould like some chunks for bowls ect....... skeez
"Robert MacKinnon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> There was a discussion several weeks earlier about salvaging trees that
have
> been felled by huricanes. One poster said that stresses in the wood
> resulting from the bending and breakage would render the wood
unsalvagable.
> Basically, he said, it's only good for firewood. However, personally, I'd
> give it a try and see what happens. Maybe you;ll get a 40% or better
yeild
> after drying which isn't too bad if the tree is large.
>
> "Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Charlie & the others, thanks for the info. I had to work today so going
to
> > try and go get those logs tomorrow. Again thanks.
> > --
> > Mike S.
>
>
You would not know they had problems, unless you learned to see compression
fractures in the wood. He was right. A very high percentage will be
damaged.
--
Jim in NC