I build a lot of things out of Eastern red cedar. We have some huge black walnut here. We use mulberry for cross bracing in fences, last a long time.
My head board and foot board are made off eastern cedar logs. I used a draw knife to get them to shape then a flap wheel on a drill to smooth them. There not straight, each end has an arch and the center post are forked. Didn't use any screws, I dowelled it all together.
I've always enjoyed working with sassy. Smells like root beer. I use it for early/late season or to get a fire burning hot quickly before throwing something like oak on. Nice post
On my three wooded acres, black locust, black cherry and then sassafras are the most numerous trees!! Many large and straight sassafras here, maybe up to 18 inches in diameter! The best thing about the tree is the beautiful fall foliage they have and easy to split!! Only cut it if dead or storm damaged bad enough!! Got a stand of maybe 15 in the very back, I don’t give them much attention, as in looking for bad ones, haha!!
It was rather fragrant when i had the splits on the PU to move to the stack today. Is there much of it out your way Buttermilk?
Yeah we have quite a bit. I have some drying now to try to smoke. I'll let you know how it turns out. May not be edible. Lol
All the sass and wild cherry start off as understory saplings and end up crooked chasing a tiny hole in the canopy around here. Too many never get big, especially the sass. Plus they come up where you don't want them and they get culled from gardens, along fences, etc.. Plus they also get "pruned" by storms and break/bend easily from the low light levels they've been struggling with. Not the strongest trees in the world with weak understory growing conditions.
