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bart78 · 09-04-2014, 08:13 AM

He uses mostly ash. And even some red cedar.
He said oak is like a bomb. If I oak bow breaks it splinters real bad. He gets wood from us some. Our main problem with ash now. Is most mills don't have enough logs long enough for what we need. All our ash comes out of Indiana. If Henry owned his own forest? He could have used ash. Because it matures faster than oak.

09-04-2014, 08:13 AM	#31
bart78 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stephenville tx Posts: 1,019	Re: Looking for 1928 Briggs Fordor wood plans. He uses mostly ash. And even some red cedar. He said oak is like a bomb. If I oak bow breaks it splinters real bad. He gets wood from us some. Our main problem with ash now. Is most mills don't have enough logs long enough for what we need. All our ash comes out of Indiana. If Henry owned his own forest? He could have used ash. Because it matures faster than oak.