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thomcout_96
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weird looking heart wood
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September 26, 2015, 10:37:32 am »
I cut this lilac stave back in May, cuted it in half and let it slow dry in the cold room. the cross sections looked normal with purple-ish heart wood and white sapwood. This morning I though it was time to cut it close to final length and dimensions but when i selected my 61 inch section, this is how the cross section inside the stave looked like. I may be normal, but for me it's the first so I though I would share it here.
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bowandarrow473
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September 26, 2015, 11:40:39 am »
The heartwood seems to fade on the cross section over time. Or at least that's what all my mulberry has been doing.
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Chippintuff
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September 26, 2015, 12:38:55 pm »
I'm not familiar with lilac, but that wagon wheel design would catch my eye too.
WA
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sieddy
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Guaranga! :)
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September 26, 2015, 01:56:38 pm »
Is that wood Radioactive!?!
That is really cool!
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Eddie Parker
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September 26, 2015, 07:54:48 pm »
Do you think it might be from the heat of the saw blade?
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thomcout_96
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September 26, 2015, 08:48:43 pm »
Yeah I thought about radioactivity too! And for the saw blade, I don't think so it appears smooth and of similar color to the heart wood. Plus it would be black staight mark in the other way.
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bowandarrow473
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September 26, 2015, 09:23:36 pm »
Could it be due to oxidation?
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E. Jensen
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Re: weird looking heart wood
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September 27, 2015, 10:56:21 am »
Maybe a fungus
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thomcout_96
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September 27, 2015, 03:42:06 pm »
It is thw similar pattern on each sides but oxydation could be the reason. I hope it's not fungus, I'm impatient to test lilac as a bow wood
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E. Jensen
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Re: weird looking heart wood
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September 28, 2015, 10:19:58 am »
It reminds me of blue stain, which means like blue stain, if it is indeed a fungus, does not necessarily mean the wood quality is adversely affected.
http://www.spbinfodirect.ento.vt.edu/SPBbiology/spbimages/bluestain02.jpeg
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