http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/10/23/link-of-the-week-89/ part of the wood whisperer network Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:08:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/10/23/link-of-the-week-89/comment-page-1/#comment-8442 Wayne Owens Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:36 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=1899#comment-8442 interesting as I worked in a sawmill in Nebraska and we sold this at a premium wood called blue pine about ten years ago. Had a friend in Wyoming who worked at a mill that produced milled wood of the same. intersting note about pine beetle -- affects mature trees more than young ones and as a native pest of North America it attacks Austian pine and other imports far more aggressively than our pine. thanks for the info WaynO interesting as I worked in a sawmill in Nebraska and we sold this at a premium wood called blue pine about ten years ago. Had a friend in Wyoming who worked at a mill that produced milled wood of the same.
intersting note about pine beetle — affects mature trees more than young ones and as a native pest of North America it attacks Austian pine and other imports far more aggressively than our pine.
thanks for the info
WaynO

]]> http://tomsworkbench.com/2009/10/23/link-of-the-week-89/comment-page-1/#comment-8013 » Woodworking Roundup: Pumpkin Scroll Saw Pattern, Speaker Plans, Denim Pine??!! - ToolCrib.com Blog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:44:00 +0000 http://tomsworkbench.com/?p=1899#comment-8013 [...] Tom’s Workbench Link of the Week: Denim Pine So, you have a stand of lodgepole or ponderosa pine trees that have been infected by the mountain pine beetle, and now the wood you have harvested is a pale shade of blue. What can you do about it? Well, if you are an association of foresters in British Columbia, Canada, you harvest the timber and sell it as Denim Pine. [...] [...] Tom’s Workbench Link of the Week: Denim Pine So, you have a stand of lodgepole or ponderosa pine trees that have been infected by the mountain pine beetle, and now the wood you have harvested is a pale shade of blue. What can you do about it? Well, if you are an association of foresters in British Columbia, Canada, you harvest the timber and sell it as Denim Pine. [...]

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