Those are the same hand sized pieces from the other thread? Crazy how tight that soft wood is. I'll snap a pic of some of our spruce tomorrow in the daylight - was just splitting a bit of it this afternoon.
Yes Sir, instead of continuing a conversation on the growth rings, I just started a new thread. It will interesting to see the different sizes of growth rings, from various climates. saskwoodburner and I have been talking about this subject. Post up some Spruce or any others your want. I will add our other tree, the white birch.
Sounds good, I hope we didn't clutter up over there. I ran my little belt sander over the end grain and the rings pop out a little better. I then used a photo edit thing to darken it. I still haven't counted, as when I try my eyes blur up. Maybe once I put the photo up here, it will be easier.
I’ll search some in the AM. I really need to get down an old slab my dads got he cut in the 70’s and count that one close
Great topic, Rope! I don’t think I have any unsplit rounds here, but I know some of the Pin Oak splits reveal ridiculously wide rings vs. some White Oak splits that I have.... not a lot of Spruce/Pine in the stacks here....
Something is getting lost in translation from eyes to photo to screen. I flipped it, and there are more rings than easily seen on the other side. There's the center core, and then the next ring has 5 or 6 rings at least. Then the next ring, the same, it's so subtle it hurts.I'm going to have to sand it better and get a magnifying glass. I got a 58 then a 55 count, and sore eyes to boot. Maybe I count wrong lol
Maybe instead of photo editing you could try wetting the end? I know that mineral spirits does gooder.... Edit: don’t get any mineral spirits in yer eyeball.... not gooder!
I'll sand it up better. It's funny how when you stare hard they pop out. In any event, a 5" round is worth at least 40 years worth of Sask. weather.
Its hard to count in a straight line. I count a little then when they are hard to see I follow a ring around until it gets better to see. Lord know how many times I have got blurry/crossed eyed trying to see them. It is interesting to see how thin or think the ring and gap is and how un uniform they are. Nice seeing some other block with their growth rings. Very interesting and cool to see. What species are these?
Great thread idea Rope! While I don’t have crazy tight grain, some pics here show two pieces of wood. This one is a redwood, I just had to find one to describe how ridiculously fast these trees grow. Bear in mind that I actually stood on top of the stump from this tree. It was at least 8 feet wide. I will find a picture or at least take one of the video I was actually walking on it to show how large. The rings of this one is actually considered small. They had rings that were about 3-5 of my fingers wide for some kind of measure. Just giving an example of how fast some trees grow here. You can see the big difference that the dark side and light side to the tree is just pretty much a half and half thing. Id post the video but Id need to set up youtube for that. This here is some cedar, while its not incredibly tight grain, its some of the tightly packed grain you’ll see on cedar from old growth here. This is just a section, to which I believr that the tree was quite possibly well over 100 years old. If I cut a piece of cedar I recently got in the spring, the growth rings are going to be much different. If I compared the recent cedar to the redwood I’m likely to find more in common with them than with the two cedars together. Off topic: noting this just explains the difference in climate and rates of burn, species of tree notwithstanding and the BTU reference is purely a guide.
That would be cool. I am amazed at the redwood rings. Crazy how big they are. Thanks for posting those up.
You see the ones next to my boot? Just about half a foot to the right, I swear that’s at least a 2 inch growth. The wood was incredibly heavy but after summer, I was lifting a couple of “chunks” they don't split like your average wood the grain is so irregular. They felt like pieces of large styrofoam.
