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04-28-2007, 10:14 PM
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Name: Kyle Edwards City: Iron Station State: NC County: Lincoln Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 42 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Sawed some Dawn Redwood today..Strange stuff.. like watching it change colors in front of your eyes. Light pink to red to dark red with the sun hitting it.. Will post some pics tommorow.
Also started on the walnut logs and man the color is super. Primo walnut. |  
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04-28-2007, 10:24 PM
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Name: Ivey City: Burgaw State: NC County: Pender Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Kyle, where does dawn redwood come from, and what are its uses? | |
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04-28-2007, 10:52 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Ivey,
Dawn Redwood- Metasequoia glptostroboides (my favorite botanical name of all  ) is generally found in the west coastal regions of California and around there. It is one of the three true Redwoods, along with the Giant Sequoia, which have remained essentially unchanged since the prehistoric eras. It is a deciduous conifer and loses it's needles in the winter.
Redwood is a great outdoor wood, as it is very rot and insect resistant (although some of the newer stock isn't as rot resistant as the older growth that is no longer readily available). Redwood has less movement in service than other woods due to it's small cells which don't take up much moisture or shrink too much when drying.
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
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04-28-2007, 11:02 PM
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Name: Ivey City: Burgaw State: NC County: Pender Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 50 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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 Dave, thanks for the 101 on the dawn redwood. I knew of the great redwoods out west, but had never heard of the dawn. That is kind of a catchey bio name.
Ivey | |
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04-28-2007, 11:03 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Ok ... I'll ask. Is it for sale and how much? | |
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04-29-2007, 12:57 AM
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Name: David City: Columbus State: OH County: Franklin Join Date: Sep 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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speaking of redwoods... this "path" is actually a very long log, if you look carefully you can see the ol' Sawyer there way in the background  
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04-29-2007, 01:59 AM
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Name: Rob City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 66 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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My favorite names belong to two different invertebrates (I was trained in Paleoecology) that are 1) the official fossil of the State of Maryland, formerly named Echphora quadricostata , but sadly now renamed; and 2) my all-time favorite that just rolls off your tongue: the Pacific Purple Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus! Sorry Dave, I just couldn't resist!
Rob Originally Posted by DaveO  Dawn Redwood- Metasequoia glptostroboides (my favorite botanical name of all ) Dave
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04-29-2007, 06:34 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Kyle
i saw some of this at pete's today ... neat stuff.
how much for some dry per bf?
i'm in for some! | |
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04-29-2007, 07:25 PM
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Name: Mike City: State: County: Join Date: Aug 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I turned some a while back into, what else, a box. Soft and easy to turn it requires sharp tools.
All those pretty colors turn brown. | |
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04-29-2007, 08:00 PM
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Name: Pete City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeremy - The wood you saw today was the QS Red Oak. I didn't take home any of the redwood (yet).
But . . . The Redwood is very cool looking as is Kyle's latest walnut haul.
I believe I see a garden bench in my future.
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04-29-2007, 11:11 PM
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Name: Peter Davio City: Hope Mills State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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But that is a very pretty brown, Big Mike!
Nice box!
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04-30-2007, 09:16 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Ohh ... thanks, Pete. I was mistaken. So now I'm interested in TWO woods!  | |
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04-30-2007, 10:25 AM
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Name: Kyle Edwards City: Iron Station State: NC County: Lincoln Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 42 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Jeremy,
Let me see how much I have in total as some of this may go to a project I want to do. It looks just like australian lacewood. I believe I will have around 300 bf and want to keep 100 for a dresser. I haven't decided on the price but I promise it will be very affordable.
I pulled the pictures off the camera and will upload probably this evening. They have to be shrunk first.
the dawn redwood pricing will range between 2-3 depending upon whether it is dry or green. | |
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04-30-2007, 11:22 AM
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Name: Alan City: Gainesville State: FL County: Alachua Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Save some redwood for Paula's fence.
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04-30-2007, 12:35 PM
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Name: Kyle Edwards City: Iron Station State: NC County: Lincoln Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 42 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by bonewood Save some redwood for Paula's fence. will do.. | |
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