« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: White oak verses red oak?  (Read 1344 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline toomanyknots

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,132
White oak verses red oak?
« on: February 13, 2013, 01:42:20 pm »
Anybody know how white oak compares to red oak? I got a piece of white oak recently, it is rather brown. I got it to rip backings, but in retrospect the backings are gonna be pretty brown, and not look super appealing I think. Looks just like red oak to me. Is it really as good as hickory in tension? I know about tim bakers tests and how it supposedly brakes after hickory, but does anybody else have any experience?
Logged
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Member
  • Posts: 14,079
  • }}}--CK-->
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2013, 01:53:53 pm »
I dont think it holds a candle to hickory in tension.
Logged
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

blackhawk

  • Guest
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2013, 01:59:34 pm »
Depends on what you're gluing it onto?
Logged

Offline bubby

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,054
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 02:12:09 pm »
it's not even close, as far as i'm concerned it makes red oak seem like  poplar, and I've had hickory backers break, never had a white oak break, and very little set with a wo self bow, but all mine have been from boards, but I have used a lot of it, Bub
Logged
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
The few the proud the 27🏹

Offline osagejack

  • Member
  • Posts: 167
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2013, 02:13:51 pm »
I would rate white oak a lot tougher than red oak some white oak will have a brown heart wood,,as far as comparing any oak to hickory there is no comparison this opinion based on my many years as a timber feller and  bowyer,
Logged

Offline toomanyknots

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,132
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2013, 04:01:01 pm »
Thanks for the info guys, it is much appreciated.
Logged
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline lesken2011

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,063
  • Kenny
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2013, 04:11:37 pm »
What Bub said!! ;)
Logged
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

Kenny from Mississippi, USA

Offline Buckeye Guy

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,033
Re: White oak verses red oak?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2013, 04:39:08 pm »
Ill go pretty much with what Bubby said !
Good white oak is chocolate or Toffee colored !
Logged
Guy Dasher
The Marshall Primitive Archery Rendezvous
Primitive Archery Society
Having  fun
To God be the glory !
Pages: [1]
« previous next »