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And this is wood I milled for future projects. It Sweetgum/Liquid Amber, some Chinese Elm and Black Oak. It is all cut to 2-1/4" thick slabs. It is now in storage for drying that will take 1-1/2 to 2yrs. to dry. The widest slab is 28". I also have one piece of the elm, not pictured, that is 4" thick with some great crotch figuring. I guess I'll have a few years to figure out what I want to make from that piece.

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Comment by Jerry Alfaro on April 18, 2010 at 1:11am: Kim,
I live here in central CA where there many oak species. The best way to identify oak trees is by their acorns. My daughter is a wildlife biologist so I have a good source of information. I know a black oak when I see one because I have many of them on my property.

The black sawdust you see is most likely from the bark. I have mostly slabbed my oak, but am currently building a mini-mill for quarter sawing my oak/walnut. I have two shops, a wood shop and a metal shop so I'm fortunate to have the best of both worlds build with wood/metal. That is great your uncle and provide you with milled oak. It's that darn drying time that's the tough part.

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Comment by Kim C on April 17, 2010 at 7:45am: I have a question for you. How do you know if it is black oak? My (awesome and wonderful) uncle has a sawmill and saved me some quartersawn oak and 12" oak boards. It has black sawdust on it. I wondered if that was a characteristic of black oak? I thought it was just some grey dirt at first.

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