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  1. woodworkingboy

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    Live oak, it can be very pretty, but man that stuff sure twists as it dries.
  2. woodworkingboy

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    That's true about a tree with needles not necessarily being a "softwood", Yew is specified as heavier and with a greater specific gravity than Walnut, but aside from the few exceptions, evergreen trees are softer and lighter. It is understandable how hardness classification is tied to deciduous...
  3. woodworkingboy

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    That's an interesting chart...only less than 700 lbs. weight difference between a cord of green black locust, and one dried down to twenty percent moisture content, that isn't very much. Black locust as mentioned, has good rot resistance, but it doesn't seem to be an oily wood at all, and it...
  4. woodworkingboy

    Green Redwood is Heeeaaaaaaavvvvyyyy!!!!

    I've noticed that about Black locust, it doesn't seem to have a very high water content, even when fresh cut. Dries out fast for firewood. In these parts, tress cut during the high water intake months (late spring through summer rainy season), are generally worth less in terms of what the...
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