Off Topic,,,,,,hardwoods

[bigdaddy]

Hi guys,

 

I can get a some pitch pine from work (roof trusses from an 1850 built warehouse) I am going to use this for exposed trimmings on my boat,

Any idea how hard this wood is and is it suitable for external trimmings, someone at work said it was the best hardwood ever! And its no longer available,

unless its reclaimed,,,,,,,,,,,,or should i go and buy some mahogany.

 

cheers for your help :rolleyes:

 

p.s. i am going to paint the wood, rather than varnish

[NikpV]

yes comparable to mahogany very dense - don't be fooled by the name 'pine' its not like the softwood pine we are used to - like you said available only as reclamation timber - the wood that built America

[bigdaddy]

Cheers Nik, the guy at work said its not been available for the last 80+ years and what was replanted in its place will not be ready for 100+ years,

when he told me that, I thought,,,,,yeah right,,,,,,,,,,,but i done a little google searching, and it seems he is right,,,,,,,,,,

 

Thanks again

[gregers]

have a looksie here

http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project...tch/rigida.html

[bigdaddy]

hi guys, a little update for you,

 

I got 3 slabs of 6ftx12"x"2 of pitch pine and a little off-cut piece, (all for free, with the option for loads more) the boss believes this wood is over 250 years old, and when you smell the end grain of the off-cut, WOWW it still smells like the day it was first chopped down,,,,,seems a waste to put it on my boat lol,,,,,,,

[gregers]

put it on flea bay then,theres loads of people seelling lumps of timber etc,i was thinking of selling some on there myself,ive got quite a lot of solid teak at work but decided to make a fire place and a 7' radiator cover out of the off cuts with more projects in the pipe line at home.

[Gteuk]

All for free, don't be silly, the right person would pay a fortune for that,

 

I saw som polished tree stumps that resembled chairs go for

[NikpV]

hi guys, a little update for you,

 

I got 3 slabs of 6ftx12"x"2 of pitch pine and a little off-cut piece, (all for free, with the option for loads more) the boss believes this wood is over 250 years old, and when you smell the end grain of the off-cut, WOWW it still smells like the day it was first chopped down,,,,,seems a waste to put it on my boat lol,,,,,,,

 

 

collect as much as you can its worth it - I recently collected slabs of iroko (hardwood) 72" x 30" x 1'' - my fathers been making garden furniture with them I've got a bit 2.4m long topping my workbench in the garage (some joineries buy them up to make kitchen worktops)