Thread: good size redwoods

Umm is this what you mean Fella's THE GREAT TREES, THE REDWOOD & SEQUOIA sorry in an out welding up chook coup

Originally Posted by itsposs

Umm is this what you mean Fella's THE GREAT TREES, THE REDWOOD & SEQUOIA sorry in an out welding up chook coup

Eh...yes....I think so. Actually, no. I thought I had a handle on this one, albeit with one hand, but now I am confused.

All I can positively say is that Charlsie has one of them......I think.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by charlsie

i really have to get the bootle book.

Charlsie

I just looked in my copy. it was $52 more than 10 years ago. However for technical properties of timber it is invaluable and to my mind the "bible." It is no good for identification of species as there are few pictures.

An excellent book for species identification is Forest Trees of Australia.

They both have limitations. Bootle's book "Wood in Australia" deals with timber available in Australia, so it does have some exoctics, but no pictures.

Forest Trees of Australia has exhaustive descritions and pictures of species, but only australian trees; No exotics.

Regards
Paul

Hey guys are they in the invaluble litriture post ? I hope so I brought wood in Australia by Bootle
last friday cost me $74 from Timber Qld plus $12 postage Also got the log volume books as well
Mrs isnt a fan of my bed time reading Matirial lol

yep those are the redwoods so yes i do have one.interesting in that link it says the sequioa is more highly prized over the costal variety. with the log volume book does yours say at the top for instance 3.9(including 4.0m and 4.1m) ?

I ll let you know when I get it in the mail.

First I type what bootle sys about calif redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
1, A slow growing softwood and one of the largest trees in the world ;
native to the damper regions of the canadian coast . very selective of
site A small ammount has been planted in NewZealand and small shipments
come from there
2, Hartwood pale to dark reddish brown. sapwood narrow and creamy. Texture fine and usually even because there is little difference between the early wood and late wood. Grain straight. Not resinous.
3, Add about 450kg/m cube.
4, Slow in drying but little degrade. Dark stains sometimes develop during drying due to migration of extractives. Shrinkage about 1.5% radial, 2.5% tangential. At times the longitudinal shrinkage is greater than normally expected. Plantation material from New Zealand is prone to some distortion and collapse during seasoning.
5, Easy to work. Sanding dust can be irritating to the nose. Use non ferrous fixings. Glues satisfactorily. Good base for coatings.
6, Lyctids NS; termites R; durability IG2, AG1, M4; hardwood resistant to impregnation with preservatives. Good resistance to acids.
7, S6' SD7 for mature material. Wood from small stems would be weaker
8, Cladding, panelling, external joinery, outdoor furniture, windows, greenhouses, plywood, vats, tanks, fill four cooling towers, pattern making.
9, Significant quantities are important.
this is quoted from Wood in Australia secound edition by Keith R Bootle

With my log volume book its the qld version starts at 2.4m up to 15m going up in increnents of 300mm 2.4,2.7,3.0,3.3,3.6,3.9,4.2. and so on I ve got no 4.0m 4.1m

thanks itposs that would take me all night to type

I got the cook to do it for me lol looking forward to when your milling it however.

Good one itposs. What's she like at tailing out?
I have Forest trees of Australia and it covers most but I reckon I might buy the Bootle Bible as well. As everyone says it's the best.

cheers
Steve

I have wanted to have a few of those tree. In California where I grew up folks planted redwood trees on the edges of there tinnyyards. Now they all have rows of giant trees. My brother has a tree service and takes several down every year. Unfortunately that is just too far to go. Great find.

Steve

hey stopper don't worry about the tailing out.mine didn't know i had a sawmill in the back yard untill a couple of months back when she had to get some fire wood and saw it. lol .what's worse is she closes the kithen on thursday night and it doesn't get re-opened till monday. hey USA steve what do you normally cut and where in the us are you?

Located in Western Washington, Whidbey Island.
We normally cut softwood here, Douglas Fir, is the most common customer choice, then Western Red Cedar. There are plenty other tree species here, but cutting those seem to be by chance. Since we have a wet climate, logs will spalt. Western Red Alder is one of those, but maple will spalt easily too. I will try and post a picture of the alder, picture of spalted alder cabinet doors:

how's the book matched panel in that pic very very pretty. did you make the doors?