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Blued pine anyone

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I know its not everyone's cup of tea but I like spalted/blued wood. I just like unique stuff. My brother-in-law had a dying Ponderosa Pine thanks to beetles. It was pretty much totally dead. He asked me if I wanted it. Sure. I got it milled yesterday for the price of three slabs. Now I have a stack of beautiful blued pine that in a few months of drying will be so much fun to play with. I made three 1" boards out of the skinny end, most is 2" that I can resaw later if I need too, and a few pieces are 3" to 4" thick for some who knows what: benches, mantels, whatever. Gonna be hard to wait for this stuff to dry.

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Awesome score! Looking forward to seeing pics of whatever you decide to do with it.

- Ripper70
Well that's the hard part isn't it, what to make with it? As a gift, or as a condolence to my brother-in-law and sister for having to deal with severe beetle kill at their place, I will make them a couple of benches from the opening cutoffs that you see on the top of the pile. After that who knows what will be made. There is tons of potential. A neat fire place mantel and surround would be fun, but I don't have a fire place to surround. Maybe a money maker? I don't really know yet. But you all will be included.
 
#9 ·
For knotty/rustic lumber, blue stained pine is cool looking. Nice score.

Suggest you keep that air dried bug infested wood away from your kiln dried lumber. Heavy bark beetle infestation will often invite other bugs, like powder post beetles.

Have a lot of blue stained juniper/pine available from mountains north of Phoenix. Every sawyer I visit, keeps his beetle kill pine in separate storage lot, or has solar kiln to ensure all bugs are killed.
https://www.barkbeetles.org/index.cfm

PS - It is also illegal to transport non-kiln dried (fire)wood in some areas due invasive pests. Federal and State government has a ton of information available, such as;
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/firewood
You are a careful person, am sure you didn't break any laws moving it from forest to your home. :)
Better to have knowledge to be safe, not sorry.
My apologizes in advance if you already know all about wood quarantine issues due invasive insect species, and reason for kiln dried lumber.

Cheers!
 
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Thats actually very interesting information. I had never heard of such a thing. After reading through it I am sure I have kept it not only legal but ethical. The wood was cut, milled, and being stored within 20 miles of where it was growing. Unfortunately for our forests, it hasn't gone anywhere that there is not already a severe problem. I wish that were not true but beetle kill is a huge reality in our woods. Most all of our pine stands show signs of it. That's why blued pine is not at all rare here, its actually too common. But this is great info to keep in mind.
 
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