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Vertical grain walnut, not bad at all.
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(08-11-2018, 09:01 PM)dg152 Wrote: A friend of mine has a barn that is quickly falling apart. He took a couple of boards out of the mess and gave them to me. I was going to use one of the boards to add a rustic feel to one of my wife's wall hangings. When I went to cut it to size I was surprised that the wood dust was reddish. I thought it might be some old oak like the other board he gave me. So out of curiosity I put the board through my planer. Here's what it looked like before and after.
I'm pretty sure it was walnut hiding beneath that old exterior. Not bad for a "barn find", huh?
congrats - your friend deserves a cold beer!
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Old barns were built with wood that was usually local to their homestead. Pretty cool!!
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Go back and offer to tear it down for him!
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Some years back I helped salvage an old barn that the timbers were pinned together.
A newer tin roof had been added later in years, and all the 1x4 tin nailers were walnut.
I saved and hoarded and finally used up all of that.
Steve
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Many farms around here in WI, near the twin cities used walnut for Corn Cribs and Fence posts. I missed out on a truck load of walnut a farmer sold for cheap. Ended up getting 2 6' Walnut fence posts for $20, and 10 boards of 8' x 13" x 8/4 Red Oak for about $100 that he had left. I also salvaged some White Oak flooring from a barn built in the early 1900's . Just starting to plan on what to do with it all, before the wife gives it away as just wood. Since a lot of this is old growth, the grain is beautiful. Dan
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I don't know what it is, but it looks really nice. Second on going back for all you can take.
