Paul39
28th September 2012, 01:45 PM
http://www.old-picture.com/united-states-history-1900s---1930s/pictures/forest-train.jpg
According to the caption in an early 1900s National Geographic Magazine, this is one half of a redwood.
hughie
28th September 2012, 02:08 PM
'So much timber so little time' as somebody once pointed out :U
dr4g0nfly
29th September 2012, 06:17 AM
I don't know about then. But I understand (I stand to be shown wrong) that all redwoods are good for is matches and toothpicks.
Damn that's a lot of matches they've got there!
Paul39
29th September 2012, 10:12 AM
I don't know about then. But I understand (I stand to be shown wrong) that all redwoods are good for is matches and toothpicks.
Damn that's a lot of matches they've got there!
Redwood is probably too soft for those uses.
Redwood | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Softwoods) (http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/softwoods/redwood/)
It is used here for decks but is expensive. My brother lives in San Francisco. His house was built in the early 1900s. The ceiling of his basement is planked with 1 1/4 inch thick old growth clear redwood, 16 inches wide and 16 to 20 feet long.
Redwood makes nice siding, unpainted it weathers to a silver gray.
I saw a 2" X 10" X 16 foot plank in a lumber yard there for about what we pay for treated southern yellow pine here in the east.
I salvaged some 2 X 6 from a deck I repaired and made a bowl. Just plain straight grain, not too interesting, rather soft so prone to tear outs.
Bowls from burl, which is something else:
American Craft Council marks 70 years at S.F. show - SFGate (http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/American-Craft-Council-marks-70-years-at-S-F-show-2335939.php#next)
http://www.gualalaarts.org/artist/chuckquibell/Redwood-burl.jpg