What kind of Cypress is this?

[Mike Hill]

Took down two of these,produced some nice logs,12 cubic of chip and found a pair of pliers grown into the tree.

 

Does anyone know what type of Cypress this is please?

[Squaredy]

43 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Took down two of these,produced some nice logs,12 cubic of chip and found a pair of pliers grown into the tree.

 

Does anyone know what type of Cypress this is please?

Pincers, not pliers.

[nepia]

I'd say good old Lawson's.  I think the fresh cut wood smells like a cross between lemon and vanilla; ring any bells?  Woolly stuff until it matures (several decades), then the heartwood can be as hard as iron

[John Shutler]

looks very much like lawson cypress to me 

[Mike Hill]

Thank you for your replies. 

 

I look forward to collecting  the milled timber

[Bob_z_l]

12 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Thank you for your replies. 

 

I look forward to collecting  the milled timber

Just milled a load into cladding with the chainsaw mill. Easy as.  Not unpleasant smell as said. 
Older stuff I'd previously milled dried as light as balsa. I made a bench out of scabs and it'll regularly get blown over. 

[Mike Hill]

2 hours ago, Bob_z_l said:

Just milled a load into cladding with the chainsaw mill. Easy as.  Not unpleasant smell as said. 
Older stuff I'd previously milled dried as light as balsa. I made a bench out of scabs and it'll regularly get blown over. 

How does it stand up to the elements?

[Mike Hill]

3 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Pincers, not pliers.

Like the German Dog?

[Squaredy]

14 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

Like the German Dog?

Not exactly!

 

 I also have milled lots of Lawson cypress recently (or white cedar to give it a stateside name).  It is excellent Timber.  Stable, strong and durable outdoors.  

Here is my new shed for my inverter, entirely built of cypress.  Uploaded better photos now.

Edited September 22, 2023 by Squaredy

[Puffingbilly413]

On 21/09/2023 at 20:11, Squaredy said:

white cedar to give it a stateside name

Also called Port Orford Cedar I seem to remember?