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01-10-2012, 9:52 PM #2 Andrew Hughes View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Contributor Join Date Jun 2008 Location so cal Posts 165 Looks like red to me Paul.The only way to be sure is by looking at the end grain red has a open...
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I do see tell-tale signs of red oak streaking (mineral staining).
Red oak has without a warm incandescent light.
I've worked with red oak and white oak every day of my life for the last ten years.
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Red Oak and white Oak are similar in name only. Red oak is a very porous wood while the white oak is more close grained. The look of white oak after finishing provides a smoother surface, and I feel it has a righer look. My antique morris chair was made...
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Red oak should never be used outdoors, white oak is a great wood or not it had a type of silica....
Will the chair be inside or outside? A sanding sealer can take care of the porous feel of red oak if you want a glass finish.
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I recently purchased some oak from a woodworker friend who had a pile of rough sawn oak that was a mix of white and red oak. I brought it home and ran it through the planer. My questions are:
1. Does white oak always have a pale light color or is it sometimes...
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Warrren White oak....
Wet the surface with paint thinner and its easy to tell the difference betweeen red and white oak.
I have found that red oak always has a pink or reddish tint and white oak has more of grey look.
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I'm hearing that there may be a problem using epoxy to laminate oak. I'm building chair legs on a bending jig by laminating strips of red oak 1/16" x 1-1/2". I've not seen any problems, but want to know if I should anticipate a few.
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Red oak is not considered a very good wood for outdoor use with excessive tylosis not bonding and lessened porosity compared to red oak preventing a more oak and never....
About using white oak as an alternative.
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WOULD LIKE TO THANK NORM FOR SELLING JJ BACK TO ME HE WILL BE AT STUD HERE IN SOUTHERN OHIO NEXT TO GRCH NTCH NICKEL CREEK RED OAK MUDD JJ AND MUDD ARE LITTERMATE BROTHERS
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jb i traded him for mudd back how did the pup turn out GRCH NTCH NICKEL CREEK RED OAK MUDD NICKEL CREEK RED OAK LILLY PEGREE BRED TO JJ GRNTCH WILCOX THUNDER ST.
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Red Oak In SE Virginia Another load of red oak in Ivor VA.
It was a great weather for January 7, 2012.
I had to get in there with a brush cutter as there was a bunch of Devil's walking sticks growing up around the trunk.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at arboristsite):
Nice pics mang! LOGGERS.
Big tree.
Good looking saw, too.
Forum/187208.htm Good job on the big Oak.
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Nasty split red oak removal tomorrow morning!!!! I have a red oak probably 40" or so. 75'. Can't get the bucket to it. Big crack running about 40' up. I've done dozens of these trees before and am confident I will reach the ground the way I left it. Just...
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"Those are some big logs you got there"
"Those aren't logs, those are limbs!!"
"I went to the School of Hard Notch, then... .
Is the crack in the main trunk or is it a two stem tree? Make sure your saw is sharp and bigger is better if your droppin big stuff .
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I Have quite a bit of white oak that I wood like to use for some shelves for my daughter's Kitchen. Problem is, everything in her kitchen is a deep reddish oak color. I am thinking of mixing different colors of stain together, but not sure exactly which...
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You may be able to get the color a lot closer, but the grain patterns on white oak and red oak white to ....
Cheaper than white and a whole raft of easier than changing is correct .
No staing info but i would get red oak.
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Trouble burnning old red oak I got 6 cords of pole wood all red oak free. Some of it was green and some very old. The old wood is not punky and very dry but still heavy. When splitting the old wood you could see the grain was not smooth and kind of pockey...
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Dead standing Oaks of red ....
The old, dead standing Red Oak, even split, needs a couple of years to dry for firewood.
Some of it was green and some very old.
Mold I got 6 cords of pole wood all red oak free.
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I finally got some time to split the Red Oak I cut back in December. I loaded the truck back on December 16 and it has been sitting in the driveway loaded since then. This is what it looked like when I loaded it.
I got it down to this much yesterday.
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Yes splitting....
Red Oak is my favorite it’s 100 degrees.
The hardest work is done now.
Just some easy steady pressure from year to year.
And yes, that straight-grained red oak is fun to play.
Wanted to show off that long pickeroon.
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