davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Seems a while back I read larch or tamarack was brittle in regards to hinging…can someone remind me or fill me in on the brittle ones?
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I knew redwood and cedar were, hence the gap face. Seems like there was another, spruce or something? Not a pine or fir.Western larch always seemed to hinge well in my experience. Off the top of my head I can't think of a conifer that is particularly brittle. Not to say there are not any. Maybe redwood? I will await other input with interest.
I find that the grain is tighter, the wood denser. Cut in wet season, it's marginally stiffer, in the dry seasons, it does get noticeably tighter. Not brittle, but not what Ive cut in norcal.I'd trust all the conifers that I can think of, at the moment, more than bigleaf maple.
Drought-grown trees MAY be less flexible. I Think I Read that, somewhere, online.
That's a valid point about Fir branches, one I didn't even consider.From what I've seen, Sequoia, Cedrus atlantica, Pinus sylvestris are brittle. But it may be different if we talk about the limbs or the trunk. For example, from the few I've cut, Douglas fir is brittle in the limbs, just pop right off, but less so in the base trunk.
Well, the op question was regarding hinging qualities. If asked for a wider view, I would have offered that while the trunk of larch hinges well, the branches are very brittle.That's a valid point about Fir branches, one I didn't even consider.