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Offline TacticalFate

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BL powderpost beetle damage?
« on: May 14, 2013, 02:27:15 pm »
I came across this in my pile of locust...looks like bug damage. How will this affect my staves? Found some large bores near the heart of the log, but those disappeared as I took off wood.
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 03:31:18 pm »
I am not sure what I am supposed to be looking at?  That looks like a pin knot in the pith to me.  That split is about half the log, right?  I dont see evidence of any wood borers in your pic - so it is only firewood if you are really cold and there is nothing else to burn :-)

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Offline TacticalFate

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 03:35:03 pm »
This is the back of a quarter split, the second heartwood ring down from the sapwood.
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 04:01:04 pm »
I guess my eye was fooled thinking I was looking at the "inside" of the tree.  My opinion is still the same though - - no beetle marks that I see.  It is still good wood to my eye. 

Russ
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 04:11:04 pm »
I don't see anything wrong other then you need to chase a ring on it
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Offline TacticalFate

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 04:22:08 pm »
It's a small hole, and I found this topic regarding someone who seemed to have a similar problem: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=38831.0
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2013, 04:22:58 pm »
take it down another ring or two and see if it gets worse or you remove the damage.
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Offline TacticalFate

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2013, 04:35:38 pm »
hrmm, I don't have many rings to work with...I'll try though
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: BL powderpost beetle damage?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2013, 04:50:57 pm »
People Make bows with holes in them all the time alot bigger holes then the one on your stave
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