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29th December 2023, 12:25 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Alaskan mill
Hi all. I bought myself a little christmas present, a chainsaw mill. After a bit of faffing to set it up (including packing the bar clamp to clear the chain - my saw is small), I cut my 1st slabs. I was given a section of Apricot trunk, and the photo below is the result. I was blown away! Is this actually Apricot? I looked up "wood database," and their pictures were of a much less colourful timber. Has anyone got any other ideas as to what it might be?
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29th December 2023, 06:29 PM #2.
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Looks like apricot perhaps with a bit of fungus (the darker brown sections) which provided it's solid won't detract from using the timber
If it was fresh it would have smelled of apricots when you milled it.
Here's what one I cut up in 2007 looked like.
The wood was milled a few weeks after the tree was cut down.
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The finished timber has an awesome tactile feel so made lots of tool handle from just a part of one slab but still have all the other slabs.
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29th December 2023, 09:19 PM #3
Looks exactly like the Apricot I cut up years ago.
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29th December 2023, 11:37 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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29th December 2023, 11:48 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks, guys. I love the look of it, and I was hoping for that fruit wood feel "in the hand." I think some saw handles would look great. Brown parts do feel solid enough.
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