[TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer

[rsmuck]

I pruned a Douglas Fir a few years ago, it had huge limbs spreading out 
about 30' or more. The limbs were not round but oblong, evidently grew that 
way to support the limbs. The wood was so hard that I had trouble cutting it 
up for firewood!!
Rowland Smuck/Schmuck of Roseburg, OR 97470
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
To: "Stephen Snow" <shsnow at mindspring.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
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Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith sledge hammer


> Speaking of which, I cut up a fallen oak a couple weeks ago.  It's been 
> down for what looks to have been several years.  Tree was suspended off 
> the ground and the wood is top drawer material for the wood stove.  The 
> one branch of the trunk was only about 8" in diameter, so after bucking it 
> up I took the maul to it.  I never have problems with logs that wide but 
> this stuff was like steel.  I am not sure I have ever encountered a wood 
> that was this tough to split for fuel.
>
> Anyone know why this wood was so tough?
>
> -Andy
>
> Stephen Snow wrote:
>> if you are splitting wood, you can use it to drive in a wedge on the 
>> tough-to-split logs.
>>
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