Big freebie stack, help a newb ID and tell me what to get!

White oak indeed!

 

Nice! Bet it smelled great!

 

Freehanded this big burr oak crotch

 

Tri crotch slabs with some cool figure

 

Any ideas on these ones? New to me

 

Hint on the last picture. Where were these guys heading?

 

ASPEN hahahaha thanks

 

First two look like some type of arborvitae or ornamental cedar softwood. Last one is aspen. None worth your efforts IMO.

 

I was thinking arborvitae too. Not enough knots for eastern red cedar and the heartwood color is wrong. End grain is fuzzy too just like the overgrown arborvitaes I took down at my house a couple years ago. I did burn it, but it was nothing spectacular. Took a while to get going then vaporized rather quickly.

 

buzz-saw and i scrounged some and milled it. Ill dig for pics

 

Easier to find the thread than pics. I used some of it for roof strapping on the screen porch under metal roofing
Its MILLER Time!

 

More shagbark! Nice straight logs and I have plenty split already, might have to mill these two

 

I'd imagine they'd make great tool handles. That stuff is very dense. I've burned a bunch and for me it doesn't get any better.

 

Should I do 6/4 or 8/4 slabs? Figure I’ll do that to start then I can rip them down for handles if they aren’t pretty enough

 

She’s a hardwood alright

 

Nice stock. What thickness did you mill it?

 

2” for these since they are nice and clean. I found another one with more knots I may do at 1.5” for shelves. I have heard it’s easier to get warping on the thinner slabs so I don’t want to go too thin.

 

dammit, there was a crack hiding and I ended up milling perpendicular to it on the straight grain stuff. Even the knotty one seemed to crack right away. Oh well, I’m sure I will use them for something

 

Could have sworn this was honey locust, but the color and ring width seemed a little off…

 

Some different looking white oak of some kind. Has much smoother bark than the other white and burr oak I milled