This thing blew down on the empty half of my lot about a year ago during last spring's wind storms. A neighbor started helping me a couple weeks ago to clean up the mess it made of the lot.
It is either a pecan tree or mockernut hickory and what you see in the pic is about 50 ft long. The larger branches that I have cut and saved are in excellent shape with minimal cracking at the center that I just cut along to slice it in half before sealing the ends and stacking in my shop.
After sitting for a year or so, I'm a bit surprised at how much water is in the wood. When I put a ~20" log upright on my cutting block, a good amount of water puddles under it. I also expected more spalting when I cut into it but perhaps that depends on the wood being exposed so stuff can get into it.
I haven't had a chance to put any of this on the lathe yet but the wood database says it's harder than oak or maple. Oak and maple are around 1200 or 1300 on the janka hardness scale. Pecan and hickory are around 1800 to 1900.
It is either a pecan tree or mockernut hickory and what you see in the pic is about 50 ft long. The larger branches that I have cut and saved are in excellent shape with minimal cracking at the center that I just cut along to slice it in half before sealing the ends and stacking in my shop.
After sitting for a year or so, I'm a bit surprised at how much water is in the wood. When I put a ~20" log upright on my cutting block, a good amount of water puddles under it. I also expected more spalting when I cut into it but perhaps that depends on the wood being exposed so stuff can get into it.
I haven't had a chance to put any of this on the lathe yet but the wood database says it's harder than oak or maple. Oak and maple are around 1200 or 1300 on the janka hardness scale. Pecan and hickory are around 1800 to 1900.
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