Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: thomcout_96 on September 26, 2015, 10:37:32 am
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I cut this lilac stave back in May, cuted it in half and let it slow dry in the cold room. the cross sections looked normal with purple-ish heart wood and white sapwood. This morning I though it was time to cut it close to final length and dimensions but when i selected my 61 inch section, this is how the cross section inside the stave looked like. I may be normal, but for me it's the first so I though I would share it here.
(http://s18.postimg.org/rrkh48bgl/DSC_0006.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/rrkh48bgl/)
(http://s7.postimg.org/6pkv4d7jb/DSC_0004.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/6pkv4d7jb/)
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The heartwood seems to fade on the cross section over time. Or at least that's what all my mulberry has been doing.
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I'm not familiar with lilac, but that wagon wheel design would catch my eye too.
WA
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Is that wood Radioactive!?! :o
That is really cool! :)
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Do you think it might be from the heat of the saw blade?
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Yeah I thought about radioactivity too! And for the saw blade, I don't think so it appears smooth and of similar color to the heart wood. Plus it would be black staight mark in the other way.
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Could it be due to oxidation?
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Maybe a fungus
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It is thw similar pattern on each sides but oxydation could be the reason. I hope it's not fungus, I'm impatient to test lilac as a bow wood 8)
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It reminds me of blue stain, which means like blue stain, if it is indeed a fungus, does not necessarily mean the wood quality is adversely affected.
http://www.spbinfodirect.ento.vt.edu/SPBbiology/spbimages/bluestain02.jpeg