smokinjay said:What kind of Beech?
zapny said:smokinjay said:What kind of Beech?
I'll say American Beech. Smokin we hit -30.5 this morning.
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Thistle said:I'd say American. Its way too big to be American Hornbeam or Blue Beech.
Blue Beech is about the same size of its cousin,Eastern Hophornbeam or Ironwood. 1ft diameter max,30 ft tall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hornbeam
Jay,is it tough to split? I've heard it can be,though obviously not as bad as American Elm.Dont have any Beech around here unfortunately.I'd love to try some sometime.
smokinjay said:Thistle said:I'd say American. Its way too big to be American Hornbeam or Blue Beech.
Blue Beech is about the same size of its cousin,Eastern Hophornbeam or Ironwood. 1ft diameter max,30 ft tall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hornbeam
Jay,is it tough to split? I've heard it can be,though obviously not as bad as American Elm.Dont have any Beech around here unfortunately.I'd love to try some sometime.
I have been told all my life that its blue beech learn something everyday...This one was 31 inchs across.
Thistle said:smokinjay said:Thistle said:I'd say American. Its way too big to be American Hornbeam or Blue Beech.
Blue Beech is about the same size of its cousin,Eastern Hophornbeam or Ironwood. 1ft diameter max,30 ft tall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hornbeam
Jay,is it tough to split? I've heard it can be,though obviously not as bad as American Elm.Dont have any Beech around here unfortunately.I'd love to try some sometime.
I have been told all my life that its blue beech learn something everyday...This one was 31 inchs across.
Holy Crap thats a nice one. I see 4" thick milled planks,air-dried 10 yrs & used in making a traditional cabinetmaker's bench,same stuff they used 100 yrs ago here (along with Hard Maple) & still use in high-dollar European benches today...But thats just me.. ;-P
I know a guy,well known antique tool dealer in NE PA,he made his main bench from 3" & 4" thick air-dried Red Oak & Black Locust.Told me it must weigh 400 pounds,the legs are 4 x 6's. :lol:
FLINT said:yeah, what the other guys said.
way way too big to be "blue beech" /hornbeam/ironwood - which is usually no bigger around than an arm or a let, and definitely muscley or fluted looking.
some of the hardest wood I ever tried to split was some knotty american beech. we salvaged some from a clearcut that was left, and we pounded and pounded on those rounds, the maul would just bounce off. we finally took them and tossed them in the woods.
ISeeDeadBTUs said:FLINT said:yeah, what the other guys said.
way way too big to be "blue beech" /hornbeam/ironwood - which is usually no bigger around than an arm or a let, and definitely muscley or fluted looking.
some of the hardest wood I ever tried to split was some knotty american beech. we salvaged some from a clearcut that was left, and we pounded and pounded on those rounds, the maul would just bounce off. we finally took them and tossed them in the woods.
I like to follow lazy azz guys around the woods and get all the best FW :coolsmile:
Backwoods Savage said:Well, some do call it blue beech because of the color of the bark but it is regular old beech and some very nice wood you have there Jay.
SolarAndWood said:How did it split Jay? I got a bunch in the 2 to 3 ft range the past couple of years. It seemed to load up the splitter a bit before it popped open.
SolarAndWood said:How did it split Jay? I got a bunch in the 2 to 3 ft range the past couple of years. It seemed to load up the splitter a bit before it popped open.
zapny said:SolarAndWood said:How did it split Jay? I got a bunch in the 2 to 3 ft range the past couple of years. It seemed to load up the splitter a bit before it popped open.
Solar the load of logs last year (Feb) was mostly beech and split nice when frozen. :zip:
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