English Oak

[Mark]

If in the cooler climates of Oz, like Canberra, and they're lopping or chopping down trees, get some. Quercus robur is the species you want, sometimes called European Oak, French Oak or English Oak. Heavy wood for even a small chunk. I'll make chips and staves out of it. Beats paying the mad prices for small bags at the brewer shops.

[Muppet]

Nice rigging! 8-} kidding mate good luck :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[1 2many]

Nice rigging! 8-} kidding mate good luck :handgestures-thumbupleft:

What ...looks legit. :scared-eek:

[bayshine]

I hope it doesn't bark on the way home :laughing-rolling:

[benpandaae86]

F yeah got wood

[Cols15]

What is the process of dying wood. .. Don't most cooperages dry their staves for 12mths, then make barrels?

[MacStill]

I hope it doesn't bark on the way home :laughing-rolling:

I thought my dog was big, but he never left a log like that in the back of my ute 8-}

[Marbled]

Shame you only managed to get one stick, ah well, you'll get one nice bottle of juice from it.

[dogbreath vodka]

What is the process of dying wood. .. Don't most cooperages dry their staves for 12mths, then make barrels?

Depending on the thickness some air dry for a year or more.
Worked in a timber yard years ago.

Looks like it was felled some time ago.

Nice find. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

DBV

[Mark]

Thanks guys.

Marbled, there's quite a lot of material where I got this piece. The kicker is they're over 2.5m long behind a 2m tall fence around a construction site to lift up and over. The weight of oak is like hardwood railway sleepers. The piece cleaned up ready to be split into domino sized pieces. Wetting an off cut to show the grain it's about 25 years old counting the growth rings.



If looking for the right oak it's a good time of year as their summer foliage and acorns on them are distinctive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_ro ... _robur.jpg

[Marbled]

Thanks guys.

Marbled, there's quite a lot of material where I got this piece. The kicker is they're over 2.5m long behind a 2m tall fence around a construction site to lift up and over. The weight of oak is like hardwood railway sleepers. The piece cleaned up ready to be split into domino sized pieces. Wetting an off cut to show the grain it's about 25 years old counting the growth rings.



If looking for the right oak it's a good time of year as their summer foliage and acorns on them are distinctive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_ro ... _robur.jpg

Fabulous stuff, I love a bit of oak, I lived in England for many a year and had a few Oaks on my ground, a nice one fell over with a little help from my chainsaw..... Made for nice bowls and a few other bits and pieces...... Burned well on the log burner too.
I know what you mean about the weight of the logs.
You lucky man.