Oak Logs for the Constitution

[eriks]

Oak logs being delivered as part of the restoration of the USS Constitution in dry dock in Boston

[Galileus]

Discuss!

[Capt. Rice]

lol they are making it out of oak  ....basic crafters huh.....lol

[Lord Roberts]

is it plain oak or live oak?

[Ned Loe]

Oak is awesome. 

[maturin]

is it plain oak or live oak?

Ordinary oak from Indiana, I believe. The live oak scantlings aren't seeing much restoration work this time around.

 

Funny how those logs make the ship look so small. It's suddenly easier to imagine putting a forest's worth into her.

[Cragger]

Ordinary oak from Indiana, I believe. The live oak scantlings aren't seeing much restoration work this time around.

 

Funny how those logs make the ship look so small. It's suddenly easier to imagine putting a forest's worth into her.

 

Lumber of today pales to the trees that once existed. Very very little virgin growth left anywhere.

[Cragger]

is it plain oak or live oak?

 

Live oak doesn't come in the form of a log, at least not a straight one. And that's something the game gets wrong. Live oak is still not commercially available to this day. Because what made it good for scantlings and framework make it horrible for pretty much anything else. Not to mention that they have to be hand hewn so saw mills won't touch the stuff.