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Offline mulberry

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Thick growth rings!
« on: October 13, 2015, 12:16:02 pm »
The mulberry I just cut down is 11 yrs old and has 3/4" growth rings on one side of it. It is a 10" diameter log at the base and will have some character staves in it. Are the rings too thick? Will have a pic after the glue dries and.i figure out how to post pics.
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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2015, 12:25:36 pm »
I have the belief that wide growth rings = stronger wood (in ring porous woods like mulberry).  So the rings can't be too wide.
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Offline mulberry

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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2015, 12:58:27 pm »
Ring and half per inch in some areas, 3 rings in others. Log tapers to 7" on the skinny side and has 3 to 4 rings per inch. It's 67 inches long and I'm dying to smash a wedge in it! Also salvaged a nice 44" section that is 3 to 4 rings per in also.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2015, 02:03:10 pm »
Mulberry typically has wide growth rings.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2015, 08:36:18 pm »
On hardwoods, the larger the late growth the better.mulberry typically has large growth rings as well. Sounds like you have good wood, get choppin! :)
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2015, 03:28:44 am »
Normal for mulberry  8)
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Thick growth rings!
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2015, 04:16:19 am »
The last Mullberry bow I built only had 1 growth ring in the entire limb except right out of the fads, worked fine. Pretty normal from the ones I have seen. :)
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