very dense conifer =710kg/m3

[difflock]

I was cutting firewood, logs and old posts and paling stabs and scrap constructional timber.

Been lying in an open shed stacked cross wise on a double pallet, since the spring.

I reached for a length of 2" by 4" old "studding" type rail.

It was astoundingly heavy, despite being almost rotten and riddled with wood-worm.

But "bone" dry

I cut a random length and set aside.

it measures 264mm by 105mm by 51mm and weighs (pure happenstance) exactly 1.0kg (on kitchen scales)

volume =0.0014137m3

1.0m3/0.0014137m3= 707 times 1.0kg

=707kg/m3

I rounded to 710kg to allow for the decay and wood-worm voids.

The end grain simply looks like conifer to me.

it had been used in construction

what the devil was it:confused1:/is it:confused1:

apart from prime firing.

marcus

[breffni]

Maybe it's pitch pine I think it's around 650kg/m3. Well the Honduran type is I'm not sure about the US type

 

 

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[farmer rod]

I have a chart which states at 13%moisture

 

Maritime Pine 680

Yew 700

Aleppo Pine 810

 

don't ask me about the trees cos I know nothing, I can just about identify a Yew.

[difflock]

:blushing::blushing:

It could possibly be Oak.

I simply took the "notion" it was conifer, cos in a long straight length, with a clean straight grain.

Plus no tell-tale medularry rays?

i.e. it did not look like any oak I have come across before. but then it is relatively decayed

Could have been the bottle of Armagh cider interfering with my cognative process too btw:lol::lol:

m

[se7enthdevil]

give me some good quality pics of the side face and end grain and i'll do my best to i.d it for you.

 

since it was outside is it wet or dry??? to get a true weight reading leave it inside for a couuple of weeks then re-weigh.

[difflock]

dry dry dry,

its been inside in an airy shed for months

Might run a planer over it, it is rough sawn all round.

see what that brings to light.

No Macro function on my wee Sony digital camera so unlikely to be able to meaningfully photograph.

Cheers

marcus

[Paul Jenks]

Some of the old growth pine I have as floor joists in my place has 50-60 growth rings per inch. It was pretty heavy when I put it in.

[se7enthdevil]

dry dry dry,

its been inside in an airy shed for months

Might run a planer over it, it is rough sawn all round.

see what that brings to light.

No Macro function on my wee Sony digital camera so unlikely to be able to meaningfully photograph.

Cheers

marcus

 

probably just a heavy bit of pitch pine.

 

a species known as longleaf or slash pine is pinus palustris weighing about 670kg/m3. should be yellowy orange and resinious.

the grain is straight and is one of the heaviest comercial softwoods with the heaviest bits peing sold as picth pine which marries up perfectly with your measurements...

[farmer rod]

dry dry dry,

its been inside in an airy shed for months

Might run a planer over it, it is rough sawn all round.

see what that brings to light.

No Macro function on my wee Sony digital camera so unlikely to be able to meaningfully photograph.

Cheers

marcus

 

put the blowtorch on it for a few seconds and smell (just my cranky idea, not an official test method)