For You Lot Amazing Bog Oak At Ews
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Bog oak is just what it says, oak that has come upwards from a bog, inwards this instance the Fens inwards East Anglia. What in addition to then amazing is that it's been preserved in addition to the trees final grew v - 6,000 years ago!
The timber is coloured from nighttime dark-brown to dark in addition to is real dense.
It polishes upwards beautifully.
Here is a unmarried plank xiii metres (43') long.
And hither are the planks loaded into the longest kiln I've ever seen. The planks order off an enormous total of H2O during the drying procedure in addition to the cells inwards the forest collapse which is why the forest ends upwards in addition to then dense when dry.
Some of these planks are destined for an incredible projection shown inwards the pictures higher upwards in addition to inwards the maquette below. It's existence held yesteryear Hamish Low, co possessor of Adamson in addition to Low, who brand fantastic article of furniture mainly from the bog oak they recover. See website
http://www.adamsonandlow.com/
There is an enormous total of wastage amongst bog oak in addition to the best direct chances of yielding reasonable boards is to cutting the logs on the quarter. Shown below is an illustration of the cutting procedure which requires the log to live on turned many times.
This is why quarter sawn timber of all species is rarely stocked yesteryear timber merchants due to the increased conversion toll in addition to wastage. However some 20% of forest cutting through in addition to through ends upwards existence quarter sawn (the middle boards), in addition to then if you lot tin notice a self choice timber yard you tin ever notice some.
