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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 10:17:59 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg ER Cedar, the bark is another clue. Purple heart samples: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...urpleheart.htm Sonny |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:17:56 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote: https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg Looks to me like eastern red cedar (sometimes called swamp cedar but generally real swamp cedar is eastern white cedar). Purpleheart is tighter grained, and weighs about 50-55 lb /cu ft - about twice as dense as cedar. The sapwood streaks through the heartwood are a halmark of eastern red cedar - or aromatic cedar. It is actually a Juniper while many other cedars are actually a cyprus. |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On 4/10/2020 10:17 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg CEDAR! Another give away, cedar is relatively a soft wood, purple heart is not. |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
At first read of subject line "I know what a Purple Heart is for, What's a Red Cedar awarded for?" -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 11:27:20 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 4/10/2020 10:17 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg CEDAR! Another give away, cedar is relatively a soft wood, purple heart is not. Well, considering the piece is 2300 miles from me, I won't be giving it a hardness test anytime soon. ;-) My son, who lives is Las Vegas, got it in a pile of firewood that he thinks came from Utah. There's not a lot firewood growing near Vegas. He had paid for that load, but... He lucked out a couple of days ago. He's a real estate agent and one of his partner's called him. He had a buyer that just closed on a house with a whole bunch of seasoned firewood that he didn't want. He ended up with 3 pickup truck loads, piled high, and loaded for him by the new owner (contractor with a front loader). He wanted to pay the guy *something*, who refused his offer, so he did what I do when someone does something nice for me. He asked: "Do you have a favorite charity? I'll send something to them." The guy was quite happy with that "payment". |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 12:49:49 PM UTC-4, G Ross wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote: https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg Sniff it. Well, considering the piece is 2300 miles from me, I better have a good sense of smell! |
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Purple Heart or Red Cedar?
On 4/11/2020 10:17 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 11:27:20 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote: On 4/10/2020 10:17 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: https://i.imgur.com/gzunzJj.jpg CEDAR! Another give away, cedar is relatively a soft wood, purple heart is not. Well, considering the piece is 2300 miles from me, I won't be giving it a hardness test anytime soon. ;-) My son, who lives is Las Vegas, got it in a pile of firewood that he thinks came from Utah. There's not a lot firewood growing near Vegas. He had paid for that load, but... He lucked out a couple of days ago. He's a real estate agent and one of his partner's called him. He had a buyer that just closed on a house with a whole bunch of seasoned firewood that he didn't want. He ended up with 3 pickup truck loads, piled high, and loaded for him by the new owner (contractor with a front loader). He wanted to pay the guy *something*, who refused his offer, so he did what I do when someone does something nice for me. He asked: "Do you have a favorite charity? I'll send something to them." The guy was quite happy with that "payment". Well the bark will be splintery too, on cedar. But,, that is cedar. And FWIW purple heart does not grow here, in North America. It grows in the area between Mexico and Brazil. |
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