Nice score for sure.
I am always on the lookout for old wood that people are throwing out.
People dont realize that it can be cleaned up and brought back to life
My guess is it’s red oak. It it looks like some store-bought that I have. It’s also redder than it shows in the photos.
We have a pipeline coming through the area. The pipe is shipped in on rail cars. The 2x6’s are used between them. After the pipe is offloaded the boards are stacked 7 wide by 7 high and strapped together. They gotta do something with it to keep from getting the site overrun with it, so they sell it. I expect that they use whatever hardwood they can get the best price on. This happens to be oak. People line up for it. One guy had a gooseneck he loaded four bundles on. I envied him. That much would have done me for a long time.
Jimmy (the one who sells it) is gone again for now. I hope to catch him next time he’s here. He puts notices on Facebook, but I don’t do Facebook.
Looking at the end grain of that board it looks like white oak, red oak has larger pores and white oak has very few pores and smaller. Once you plane it you will know if it is white oak or red, the white smells much different when machining from red oak.
My money is in red oak.
When machining, red oak often smells like dog doo.
When you handle red oak, the weight seems about right for its size. White oak feels awful heavy for its size. That only works if you are familiar with hardwoods.
After comparing this to some red oak & some white oak I have, I’m pretty certain that it’s red oak. I will try the soda straw test when I get back in to my Grouch Cave.
Hi, I'm new in woodworking and live in the South Texas Valley; I have difficulties to find exotic and domestic wood to work with, could you tell me where can I buy at a good price? trying to start a business here, but was not able to get a good source of woods near me?
Thanks in advance for all the help you can provide me.
Rz
I can’t really help you. I’ve got a couple hundred acres of mesquite and what is called mountain cedar around here to work with, although we have no mountains and it’s not actually cedar.
For anything else I go to Lubbock since it’s closer than the Metroplex. (Four hour round trip vs six.)
I can’t really help you. I’ve got a couple hundred acres of mesquite and what is called mountain cedar around here to work with, although we have no mountains and it’s not actually cedar.
For anything else I go to Lubbock since it’s closer than the Metroplex. (Four hour round trip vs six.)
Thanks WesTex, all help now very much appreciates it.
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