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What's it called
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:00 pm
by Ben-Had
I know this but my old mind with not function at present.
When the wood has a crack or stress fracture from wind when it was alive and it cracks when bending.
What is that condition called?
Re: What's it called
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:11 pm
by Tony_in_NYC
Are you thinking of compression wood?
Re: What's it called
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:28 pm
by Ben-Had
No, there's a term for the almost invisible type of stress in wood that has been twisted while it was still standing. When you bend it it invariably cracks.
Re: What's it called
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:59 am
by Tony_in_NYC
Wind checking sounds more accurate to me. What I know about wood would not fill a thimble.
Re: What's it called
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:13 am
by Ben-Had
Runningdog wrote:Are you thinking of wind checking? Checks are fractures that can disguised by sap or resin, or just by being short and buried. Common in some woods -- and some locations!
That's probably it but it still doesn't sound right to me which probably why I can't remember it. Thanks Rick:)
Re: What's it called
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:26 am
by tippie53
some areas will call that a wind break . Pitch Pockets are another area that is a internal flaw .