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Offline Fox

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Emerald ash boror
« on: March 03, 2020, 08:13:54 pm »
So... Emerald ash boror those nasty little worms. All my ash trees are dieing (or dead) and I have been cutting them down for firewood and such. There were a few big logs that I split into bow staves as well. There is no worms in anything but the first 1-3 growth rings... So can I just cut past them and chase a ring? Or is there some reason the boror has ruined the wood? Thanks

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Emerald ash boror
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2020, 08:20:00 pm »
As long as no fungi has gotten in the wood you should be able to just go below the damage.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Emerald ash boror
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2020, 08:21:22 pm »
If the tree wasn’t standing dead for awhile. I went below the bore and chased a ring on one. It worked fine. I’m thinking the wood itself could  probably become poor after a certain amount of time standing dead though.
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PS it still makes pretty nice lumber yet to.
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Offline Stickhead

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Re: Emerald ash boror
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2020, 09:00:31 am »
I just cut up an ash that was dead standing until a tornado just took it down.  I was hoping to shave it down past the bugs to reach good wood.  Unfortunately, some of those buggers dug deep, and all of the staves have some tiny bug holes all the way to the middle.  I guess it’s firewood.
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