Today's milling

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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

I hope it’s like this from a few weeks ago.

That actually looks more like rot I suppose, Ive certainly never milled any oak that far gone. Do find there is a market for that? 

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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

Notice the end grain colour

Yeh, rot and ring shake.  

[Rough Hewn]

That actually looks more like rot I suppose, Ive certainly never milled any oak that far gone. Do find there is a market for that? 

What? A market for chocolate oak that looks like walnut?
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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

What? A market for chocolate oak that looks like walnut?
Yes.

Looks like lots of soft pockets though? 

[Rough Hewn]

Yeh, rot and ring shake. [emoji3] 

Yeah,
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[Rough Hewn]

Well, will be interesting to see what it looks like milled. [emoji4] Do you think it will have actual rot pockets or just be 'brown'? 
 
And I thought the brown came from a fungus? Not rot? 

I believe it’s actually the trees reaction to attack like olive ash.
Natural phenols and turpins.
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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

Yeah,
Thank **** for epoxy resin🤣

Ive gotta stop cutting logs like this up for firewood then.  

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Just now, Rough Hewn said:

I believe it’s actually the trees reaction to attack like olive ash.
Natural phenols and turpins.

Ive read different, but you could well be right. 

 

Looking at that last slab of yours it looks like it was 'brown oak' thats also decayed. 

 

there are two main forms of brown rot in oaks, and at least two other forms one very rare the other localy common. Fistulina hepatica is the desired one, the one foresters know to be the true brown oak, as fistulina hepatica feeds mainly off the acids or more specificaly vinegars and actualy alters the wood very little till very advanced decay. Laetiporus suphureus is the more difficult to work version of brown oak, more stripey in colour and tends to cause a lot of medullary splitting on drying as the fungus uses this pathway for colonisation strategies. the turned item here is most likely this latter fungus also known as the sulphur polypore or chicken of the woods. the other two forms of brown rot in oak are daedalea quercina a common deadwood consumer, and Piptoporus quercinus the oak poly pore, a very very rare beast. i can supply images for this page of all described if desired.

 

 

Brown Oak | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwood)

WWW.WOOD-DATABASE.COM

 

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Yes mate images appreciated[emoji106]
Fascinating stuff[emoji106]

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5 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Little delivery today,
(From a regular arbtalker )
Olive ash, brown oak and cherry.

You will have to get on with milling that up quick !!! Weather forcast not good for next week, going very cold the log fairy,s and Gypos will be in logging it up for firewood !!!!