Thought you might find this interesting.
Am retired but on occasion I do a little side job. I removed a set of french doors in an old house and replaced it with some modern stuff. The house was built about 1930, 40ish. I brought the doors home and used a little of the wood and notice it was typical of the time, first class.
The first photo is a cross section of one of the stiles.
The second photo is one of the finer grain areas. In the 1/8 inch space between 3 1/8 and 3 1/4 there are 14 growth rings. In the light band of about 1/16 wide there are about 9 rings, viewing it through a loupe. That is about 144 years per inch at that rate. There are about 147 rings in the piece. No political statement here but notice the fine rings on the left and right ends and the larger rings between from the climate cycle.
About 15 years ago and prior you could still find wood like this in the framing lumber pile. Now if you keep an eye on the trim wood you can still find some over a period of time. The reason is there is not any left, except in parks and some of that might be second growth. This tree could have been 1000 years old. These trees grew in the fertile valleys where there was always plenty of water and warm weather. Now there is not much left except the higher altitudes which approach the sub-artic zone. They do not grow and because they grow on rocks there is a lot of pitch. This piece is very light.
will
Am retired but on occasion I do a little side job. I removed a set of french doors in an old house and replaced it with some modern stuff. The house was built about 1930, 40ish. I brought the doors home and used a little of the wood and notice it was typical of the time, first class.
The first photo is a cross section of one of the stiles.
The second photo is one of the finer grain areas. In the 1/8 inch space between 3 1/8 and 3 1/4 there are 14 growth rings. In the light band of about 1/16 wide there are about 9 rings, viewing it through a loupe. That is about 144 years per inch at that rate. There are about 147 rings in the piece. No political statement here but notice the fine rings on the left and right ends and the larger rings between from the climate cycle.
About 15 years ago and prior you could still find wood like this in the framing lumber pile. Now if you keep an eye on the trim wood you can still find some over a period of time. The reason is there is not any left, except in parks and some of that might be second growth. This tree could have been 1000 years old. These trees grew in the fertile valleys where there was always plenty of water and warm weather. Now there is not much left except the higher altitudes which approach the sub-artic zone. They do not grow and because they grow on rocks there is a lot of pitch. This piece is very light.
will
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