I just talked to a guy about some wood he wants to sell. He said he has 7 pieces 7’ long, 12” wide and 3.5” thick. He said they are old and dry. He thinks they are oak or hickory. He is asking around $100 for all of it. He is going to send me some pictures tomorrow. That would make a lot of bowls if it is any good. He said there is not any rot or cracks. Wish me luck.

Wishing you lots o' luck, Rusty. Not a bad deal, at all.

Hope you wear a mask. That’s a steal!!!

If it is old oak or hickory it will be very hard as aging does that to those woods. Hope you get to have some fun

Looking for some pics Rusty!

16 minutes ago, Cal said:

Looking for some pics Rusty!

I am waiting for him to send me some. Should be today.

10 hours ago, Gerald said:

If it is old oak or hickory it will be very hard as aging does that to those woods.

 

...I've got some Pine, or Spruce that you can't drive a nail into without pre-drilling.

Same goes for trying to drive dry-wall screws into it. 

1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

...I've got some Pine, or Spruce that you can't drive a nail into without pre-drilling.

Same goes for trying to drive dry-wall screws into it. 

 

Put your glasses on, those are concrete boards.

5 minutes ago, Gunny said:

 

Put your glasses on, those are concrete boards.

 

Might as well be, house was built prior to 1870. 

I had an old house like that.  Southern Yellow pine and was hard like that.+

 

Have not had any experience with it but heart pine is hard like that.