Drove through a tree. Curly grain.

[RichAldrich]

Redwood.

 

[sorcerertd]

It's amazing that they live after being cut like that. Pretty cool, though.

 

[Hippie3180]

I dream of someday seeing the redwoods. I trees.

 

[SteveG]

Any tree huggers out there.

Overwhelmed?

 

[egnald]

Ok, so a pen blank is 0.75" x 0.75" x 5" = 2.9" cubic inches
Or 0.625' x 0.625' x .417' = 0.16' cubic feet

If the tree was a cone shape with the base at 21' and a height of 315' according to the sign:
Solving for the area would give 22,213' cubic feet.

Dividing by 0.16' cubic feet per blank = 22,213' / 0.16' = 138,831 pen blanks give or take.
(Probably a lot more since I didn't account for any branches).

Dave

 

[Jans husband]

Ok, so a pen blank is 0.75" x 0.75" x 5" = 2.9" cubic inches
Or 0.625' x 0.625' x .417' = 0.16' cubic feet

If the tree was a cone shape with the base at 21' and a height of 315' according to the sign:
Solving for the area would give 22,213' cubic feet.

Dividing by 0.16' cubic feet per blank = 22,213' / 0.16' = 138,831 pen blanks give or take.
(Probably a lot more since I didn't account for any branches).

Dave

So if security sees someone lurking around at midnight with an axe, you would be the main suspect Dave!!
Mike

 

[ZanderPommo]

Ok, so a pen blank is 0.75" x 0.75" x 5" = 2.9" cubic inches
Or 0.625' x 0.625' x .417' = 0.16' cubic feet

If the tree was a cone shape with the base at 21' and a height of 315' according to the sign:
Solving for the area would give 22,213' cubic feet.

Dividing by 0.16' cubic feet per blank = 22,213' / 0.16' = 138,831 pen blanks give or take.
(Probably a lot more since I didn't account for any branches).

Dave

Yet somehow this number still seems small for some reason
I've been to the redwoods though and it's startling. I guess I just look up and my brain says "I dunno…a couple million?"

 

[egnald]

I think my math is off by a bunch. It sounded low to me too. In fact I know it is. A blank is 0.016 cubic feet, not 0.16. So you are right. More like 1.5 million, then toss in the branches. Probably closer to 3 million blanks. - Dave

 

[Roy Nielsen]

I think my math is off by a bunch. It sounded low to me too. In fact I know it is. A blank is 0.016 cubic feet, not 0.16. So you are right. More like 1.5 million, then toss in the branches. Probably closer to 3 million blanks. - Dave

Did you account for various kinds of saw kerfs, though?

 

[egnald]

Did you account for various kinds of saw kerfs, though?

Nope - and I didn't deduct for the tunnel either