Oregon ???? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

JohnB · 06-11-2009, 07:12 AM

G'day all.
I sliced up some timber yesterday. We call it Oregon or Oregon Pine.

What would you blokes call this. (and NO, wood is not a suitable answer) Just beat you to it Jim

It was used quite extensively prior to the late 60's for building projects.
When the Old Fremantle Wool Stores where tore down a few years ago there where huge Oregon Timbers in the roof about 24" x 12" x 30'+

I scored 8 lengths of this from an old mine building, each are 140mm x 190mm x about 8' long.

BTW, it cuts like butter on the scroll saw.

scrollpup · 06-11-2009, 07:33 AM

Well John, if it IS Oregon pine, I'd call it "imported from another country" for you.

Glad to help out anytime mate.

Jerry

texaswoodworker · 06-11-2009, 08:21 AM

Could be yellow pine. How hard is it?

pat c · 06-11-2009, 08:50 AM

Looks like Douglas Fir to me John. Pat

Hobbyhorse · 06-11-2009, 09:45 AM

John I had trouble when living in the USA when I needed "Oregon" to make a yacht mast and was told that there is no such timber. Douglas Fir it is!!

Rhys

JohnB · 06-11-2009, 10:33 AM

Thanks for the reply fellas,

Looks like Pat and Rhys have hit the nail on the head, thanks Rhys.

Jerry, you get the cupie doll

Janette · 06-12-2009, 03:39 AM

John...I'm pretty sure that is western red cedar by the look of it. If not then it's Douglas fir - both grow abundantly here in Oregon and are harvested for building products. They're "Pine Trees" - what most people refer to any christmas tree type tree that has needles and stays green all winter - but definitely not real pine.

Pajaro · 06-12-2009, 02:30 PM

Looks like Cedar. It should have a strong oder when cut (but a pleasant oder).

Don R Brower · 06-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Looks like doug fur for sure. I'm a carpenter in the Seattle area and we use a lot of that stuff , it sands and shapes nice but is a little soft for scrolling, stack cut or, extra small blade, lots of fuzzies.
Don B.

wood-n-things · 06-12-2009, 07:19 PM

I vote douglas fir....The grain looks right. WRC would be much less tight a grain.

06-11-2009, 07:33 AM	#2
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,680	Well John, if it IS Oregon pine, I'd call it "imported from another country" for you. Glad to help out anytime mate. Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

06-11-2009, 08:21 AM	#3
texaswoodworker Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Reno Texas Posts: 244	Could be yellow pine. How hard is it? __________________ Aaron

06-11-2009, 08:50 AM	#4
pat c Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Woodbine,Ga Posts: 425	Looks like Douglas Fir to me John. Pat __________________ Woodworking is Therapy.... some of us need more therapy than others.

06-11-2009, 10:33 AM	#6
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,806	Thanks for the reply fellas, Looks like Pat and Rhys have hit the nail on the head, thanks Rhys. Jerry, you get the cupie doll __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" “God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.” - Russell Crowe Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

06-12-2009, 03:39 AM	#7
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,078 Blog Entries: 3	John...I'm pretty sure that is western red cedar by the look of it. If not then it's Douglas fir - both grow abundantly here in Oregon and are harvested for building products. They're "Pine Trees" - what most people refer to any christmas tree type tree that has needles and stays green all winter - but definitely not real pine. __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

06-11-2009, 09:45 AM	#5
Hobbyhorse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 281	John I had trouble when living in the USA when I needed "Oregon" to make a yacht mast and was told that there is no such timber. Douglas Fir it is!! Rhys

06-12-2009, 02:30 PM	#8
Pajaro God,Family,Country. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin. Posts: 2,027 Blog Entries: 1	Looks like Cedar. It should have a strong oder when cut (but a pleasant oder). __________________ Pájaro Pete Hombre del pájaro www.pajarostudiowns.com Member " Scrollsaw Association of the world " Excalibur EX-21 fanatic One of the Chosen few "It is 28 steps from my cubical at work to the door. 12.6 miles to my house. 18 steps from my house to the work shop."

06-12-2009, 02:54 PM	#9
Don R Brower Cross Crazy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Monroe WA Posts: 85	Looks like doug fur for sure. I'm a carpenter in the Seattle area and we use a lot of that stuff , it sands and shapes nice but is a little soft for scrolling, stack cut or, extra small blade, lots of fuzzies. Don B.

06-12-2009, 07:19 PM	#10
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,291 Blog Entries: 1	I vote douglas fir....The grain looks right. WRC would be much less tight a grain. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out! Remember.......Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car..

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