[TheForge] Hard to split

[Andrew Vida]

David E. Smucker wrote:
> Andy,  What makes you think it was oak?

	It's oak alright - all sour vomit smell.

 > Maybe it is elm.  What does it
> smell like?  (piss?)  Elm is really hard to split by hand and this was 
> the reason it was a favorite wood for the hubs of wagon wheels.  In a 
> tree that has been down for a bit it might look a lot like oak.  If you 
> plane some of it then you should be able to look at the grain better and 
> are more likely to know if it is elm.  (Elm makes good fire wood, just a 
> bitch to split.)

	Does elm have medulary rays?  If not, then this was definitely oak.

	I never knew elm was that tough to split.  Learn something new every 
day.  Thanks.

	-Andy
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> Dave
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