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   flairwoodworks | Mar 14, 2009 01:22am | #1

   I'm not familiar with pecan, but if you've been following my thread on building a plane out of lignum vitae, you'll know that hardness isn't everything. In my case, the hardness of the wood actually makes the task harder than it needs to be, though I would guess that pecan is about the same hardness as a typical fruitwood.

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   (soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 14, 2009 03:27am | #2

   Pecan is hickory.. if your's is dry and stable.... fine. If not.. wait until it dries to be sure it doesn't cup. Is it hard? Yep..

   Sarge..

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   WillGeorge | Mar 15, 2009 02:07am | #4

   Pecan is hickory.. ?? And then again I believe they are not but related.

   I have never used a true Pecan but I use Hickory on occasion. Hickory works no harder than any of the other woods I usually use.

   Long ago I had to pay for a 'True' Pecan tree. Fort Hood Texas. 16 th. Artillery. Second Armord Divison. I was shakin' nuts off a tree with my Tank Retriever for us ALL to eat. I got carried away and knocked it over. I had to pay alot for that tree. As I recall even on Federal land those trees were protected! I forgot what I had to pay but I could not afford Lone Star beer for a year! (Off base). However I could go to the Officers Club and get drunk for 20 cents? a drink for the hard stuff. I was not Officer rank but we grunts could use the place above some grade. I do not recall which grade. I was only a Shargent for a short while.. I mouthed off to some Officer and went back to my old rank. Speck 5? I forget what it was...

   God Life is GOOD when you are Young!

   Edited 3/14/2009 7:09 pm by WillGeorge

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 15, 2009 02:23am | #5

   From Gene Wengert, Sawing and Drying Forum technical advisor: In the lumber trade, we seldom separate hickory and pecan; if separated, they are called true hickory and pecan hickory. They are in the same genus, just different species. They are almost always sold as one. The fact is that there are 4 species of true hickory (pignut, shellbark, shagbark and mockernut) and 4 species of pecan hickory (water, bitternut, pecan and nutmeg).

   Sometimes the color of pecan is not the same as hickory, but this can often be due to drying differences in veneer dryers or lumber kilns. The true hickory is a little stronger than pecan hickory.

   I prepped about 6000 linear feet for a client over the last year and a half with another 4000 linear feet still stored until he is ready for it. This guy is my cousin who is a land speculator. I know what I did was true pecan as it came from a pecan orchard my grand-father planted on his cotton farm about 120 years ago.

   It will vary in color as does hickory to some degree but I find hickory more of a whitish with pecan ranging for pale brown to pinkish from what I have seen. As stated above.. most mills market both as hickory so I have to assume there is some close relation? I really can't say as I have seen no birth certificates to make the real connection. I will let the wood guru's make the call. :>)

   I miss Jon Arno....

   Regards...

   Sarge..

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   WillGeorge | Mar 15, 2009 02:56am | #6

   Sarge.. ENOUGH, ENOUGH facts! ;>)

   I understand... I think! I can buy Pecan nuts but hardly ever saw Hickory nuts for sale. And I just love Pecan Ice-Cream!

   EDIT: AND PECAN PIE!

   Edited 3/14/2009 7:57 pm by WillGeorge

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Mar 15, 2009 07:43am | #7

   Pe-can pie is my favorite. I hated to see my grand-fathers orchard go down but.. my cousin was offered around 5.4 million for the 140 acres by a company that was going to put a sub-dvision there. They've torn every d*nm thing else down here in the name of progress.. at least we re-cycled most of those trees.

   A new HS got trophy cabinets from about 400 board feet of that stock at no charge to the school system. Jack and I built them as the school was named after him as he had been a long time county coach and eventually county athletic director.

   Sarge..

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   WillGeorge | Mar 14, 2009 08:01pm | #3

   Pecan and Hickory the same thing? I for one would say NOT but like a Brother and sister.. That never got along but loved eash other!