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Walnut & hackberry
Badger:
Justin, all the trees in the hickory family inculding walnut are recomended to use sapwood, may of them work well either way though, Steve
Justin Snyder:
Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the input. I guess asking if the hackberry is sapwood is kind of silly. I have it all split up and I cant see that there is any heartwood in the log. It is just one continuous white wood all the way from the bark to the core. Maybe after it dries a little I will be able to tell the difference. My camera battery is dead, so I will post some pictures tonight. Justin
tom sawyer:
Yeah its pretty white all the way through. How did that big boy split anyway? Have to use quite a few wedges or did it pop open easy for you?
Pat B:
Lennie, With the dry conditions where Justin lives I'm surprised those logs didn't just pop open trying to get rid of the moisture. ;D
Justin. How many staves did you get out of the load? Pat
Justin Snyder:
Lennie, it split beautiful. When Ron and I split it in half we were giggling like school girls because it went so easy. I drove one of Pappy's big wedges in it and it cracked the entire 8'+ with the first wedge. It did have a few stringers, but went pretty good. After I got it home and unloaded the halves and let them sit for a while it was basically the same. After I got half way on the walnut, it POPPED. Sounded like a giant bow exploding. The bark on the walnut pulled off in huge sheets too.
Pat, I haven't reduced it to single staves yet. I have only split each piece into 8 pieces. I expect I can get about 3 staves from each piece, (don't get greedy) so about 24 staves for the hackberry. 2 all sapwood staves per piece with the walnut and 1 50/50 sapwood heartwood per piece. Ill count the staves and post some pictures tonight. This of course is staves from 6 1/2' to 8' long. ;D It does not include the billets from the branches. Justin
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