Ring shake in bacterially infected logs.

Re: Ring shake in bacterially infected logs.

Hi Gary,

Around here white oak does not have a severe problem of bacteria infection, such as wet wood disease. That could be a local problem where the logs were grown?? But, several of the wet wood diseases are thought to cause "ring shake". It is my understanding wet wood type lumber takes a while longer to dry??

Let's know how it turns out, may have some interesting details.

Dale

Re: Ring shake in bacterially infected logs.

Dale,

I found the reference to ring shake that I was thinking about. It came from Dr. Wengert over at WoodWeb:

"Shake is 99% evidence of bacterial infection, which means weaker wood (more drying defects), high green MC, poorer color. Not for certain about the defects, but very likely. (Note, there is a 1% chance that shake is the result of a tornado.)"

This wood may turn out to be interesting. It is a dark brown with a darker brown grain. It almost looks like it was treated with ammonia. Hopefully there won't be too many defects by the time I get it dried. I think I can saw out the majority of the ring shake, but I'll worry about that once I get it dry.

I won't tell you the name of the woodworker who told me there was no correlation between infection and ring shake, but his initials are E.W. 8^}

GE