Inside an old trim job

[Buddy]

These blocks of wood showed up at work one day and I couldn't figure out why someone would have found them significant enough to bring in. I took a quick glance and noticed the limbs had been painted, so what, big deal... Fast forward through winter and someone pointed out that it was a tree that had been trimmed when it was young and the limbs had been painted. After it was cut down and split it revealed the old trim job. After closer inspection I could see that the limbs had been cut and painted and not just broke off when split.

So now it became a little more interesting, like a time capsule.

 

[Raj]

Interesting. How many years?

 

[Buddy]

40 maybe, since it was trimmed. I didn't count the rings when I was looking at it but you can kind of see them in the picture. Not sure of a total age.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Thats cool.

 

[Underwor]

Spruce? One of those pictures I would have liked when I was teaching.

 

[Buddy]

Yes, spruce

 

[Altissimus]

Every Tree tells a story ... even after it's fell

 

[MasterBlaster]

Woodsplitting forensics!

 

[gf beranek]

A sure record of time and events. A Tree Story.

 

[Mick!]

Brings this to mind.

 

[Grendel]

Neat! I love those tree-in the-tree carvings.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder how that was done?

 

[Mick!]

http://gizmodo.com/giuseppe-penones-hidden-life-within-shows-off-a-tree-wi-1751992979


Here you go, haven't had time to read it myself.

 

[Bermy]

I love tree forensics! It takes me ages to split wood because I'm always looking at what had been going on inside before it got cut down.
I like to save clear examples for talks and demonstrations I do.

 

[SeanKroll]

probably done slowly.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd love to see the speeded up video of the carving.

 

[Underwor]

The log splitting sessions with Alex Shigo in Portsmouth, NH were a great learning opportunity.

 

[Bermy]

That must have been really interesting Bob!
My tutor at College had shelves of bits of wood to illustrate almost every part of tree physiology and biomechanical stuff...it's catching and sparked an intense curiosity to know and see what goes on inside trees.

 

[JD3000]

That museum piece may also be demonstrating skeletal decay.