Oak for the mill

Had to cut this down at work was dead at the top it was next to a picnic pavilion the only saw available was a 036 with a 24"bar it took a while 46 inches at the base the one on the left is 8 ft and the one on the right is 10 ft they were a good load on the trailer Red oak

 

What cuts do you plan to get out of it?

 

usually I do not get these big ones that are solid all the way through like these but I have to quarter this big one to get on the mill so I will probably quarter saw 1" thick that is very popular to woodworkers but if the crane customer calls it could also get cut in 6x6 and 4x6 cribbing for cranes just depends who is buying when I get to them The big oak to the right in my picture with the sealer on it was the second log from another tree I am cutting that for cribbing next week

 

Nice logs whatever you do with them

 

Yes they are solid rare for that big and the best part was i got paid to cut them and I did not have to pay for them used the township backhoe to load on my trailer usually I have to pay .50 a bdft for nice oak the butt log has @650 bdft and the 10ft log has about 360bdft so it saved me a bunch of money

 

Some nice solid looking oak. Good for you and maybe your pocket book.

 

This would have made some beautiful boards. 36" water oak.

 

Yes you call that water oak it really looks like Pin Oak from your picture if its like pin oak the only problem with it is it has a lot of small knots that look nice but as it drys the knots shrink and fall out JB

 

I have come across red oak that has the same wavy grain pattern. I have wondered what that would like like in the hands of a skilled wood worker.

 

Doesn't pin oak have leaves similar to red oak? This tree had small 3 lobe leaves, like this, IIRC, I know I cut it down.

 

That's Oak from a foreign land to me... Does it always have that wavy grain?

 

No, not normally. It was just in the bottom trunk section. I cut a white oak log that had the same grain patterns.

 

Yes pin oak has similar leaves as red oak water oak is a member of the red oak family we do not have any water oak around my area that I know of but I have cut many pin oak and it looks just like that does the water oak have a strong odor kind of musky when you open it up ? just curious JB

 

Sometimes they smell like pin oak, depends on where they grew, I guess. Water oak is very common in the Southeast.

 

Thanks for the reply always like to learn something new JB

 

... You're welcome
Me too. We don't have sugar maple or rock oak down here, some shag bark and locust in the north GA mountains...

 

I had a stash of that wavy red oak. Saved it for smaller projects like pistol grips or knife handles. Never tried using any, stopped woodworking and slowly tossed them in the stove one by one. Oh well,,,

 

Yep things change. At least you still got some use out of it. I would have saved it for smoking.