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Offline luke the drifter

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crack in the ring layers
« on: November 30, 2011, 09:42:04 pm »
here is my dilemma.  about half way up the stave and if you look at it from the side, i have a crack about three of four inches long.  it appears to be a rotten spot.  the length of the affected area is no more than four or five inches.  for lack of better description, it is a layered crack(delineating?).
the top of the area and the bottom are in great shape around it.  any ideas or is it a lost cause?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: crack in the ring layers
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 10:03:51 pm »
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Offline johnston

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Re: crack in the ring layers
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2011, 10:16:12 pm »
What Pearlie said.

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Offline Keenan

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Re: crack in the ring layers
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 10:46:49 pm »
What kind of wood?  May be wind shake.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: crack in the ring layers
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 12:21:14 am »
Would it be like the growthrings were seperated?  Kinda like when effing glass delaminates?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: crack in the ring layers
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 12:46:08 am »
Sounds like wind shakes to me too.  It is a delamination between growthrings caused by the tree being torqued by strong winds or possibly when the tree was felled. Sometimes you get only a small shallow one in a stave but sometimes it runs from side to side.
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