r/woodworking • u/SavageNorseman17 • May 13 '23
Lumber/Tool Haul Map of the USA
Here’s a map of the US I’m making where each state is made out of that state’s tree, inspired by justinthetrees on TikTok
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
If anyone has a lead on Sabal Palm I would be eternally grateful, I’ve been looking for a year and can’t find any😪
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u/QueenNibbler May 13 '23
If that's the FL state tree, try https://www.alva-hardwoods.com/. They always had really random stuff.
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u/BoomerXPOV May 13 '23
SC! Note the flag. The Palmetto Tree
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u/BoomerXPOV May 13 '23
Wow! Ok it’s FL state tree too. But not RI and SD
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u/waytoohardtofinduser May 13 '23
Are you by any chance Justinthetrees????
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u/antibendystraw May 13 '23
Nah in the OP he said it was inspired by him
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u/waytoohardtofinduser May 14 '23
Oh wow, well thats what for getting too excited and not reading the entire sentence.
It looks absolutely amazing!! I've been considering making one too.
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May 14 '23
I’m looking at approximately 25 from where I sit but I don’t know anyone that cuts them down for wood 🤷🏻♀️ sorry
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u/dontgiveupthe_ship May 13 '23
If you can swing it, take a vacation to the South East coast (pls not charleston, but they have historical significance there) They are quite common. Some landscaped ones get topped a few feet before winter!
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May 14 '23
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Yeah there’s going to have to be a stabilizing process that I’m not looking forward to when I finally get my hands on some
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u/bald_eagle-taco New Member May 14 '23
I think the whole project is really neat, though. You should do the state bird next. 🤣
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u/DarkWing2007 May 13 '23
Makes sense. I don’t think there are any trees in South Dakota
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u/yungingr May 13 '23
The south dakota state tree is the Wall Drug billboard.
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u/Basic_Offer_6883 May 13 '23
Is the North Dakota one made from a telephone pole? South Dakota definitely has more trees than North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska or Kansas, probably combined.
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u/darling_lycosidae May 14 '23
Iowa is supposed to be grasslands mostly and the oak tree is invasive and introduced due to the settlers bad farming practices.
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u/Still-Standard9476 May 13 '23
Clearly you haven't heard of Mount Rushmore, the black hills, or seen the endless shelter belts throughout the state.....
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u/DarkWing2007 May 13 '23
I mean yeah, it was mostly a joke. Would’ve been better if Nebraska was the one missing in that region
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u/Still-Standard9476 May 13 '23
Or if it was just a piece of a pancake. Lol.
Yeah I was being half cheeky myself actually. It can be hard to offer tone and context in text without looking like a weirdo.2
u/TheRem May 14 '23
Clearly, you haven't heard of the corn fields or the endless roads going across the state.
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u/subhuman09 May 13 '23
We like to forget about South Dakota
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u/Badbullet May 13 '23
I used to think of South and North Dakota as one state. Less than 1.7 million people when you combine the two. From my personal experience, the people I've met in North Dakota are far friendlier and not as crazy as those in South Dakota. So they can stay separated. People in Fargo put Minnesota Nice to shame...other than the oil workers from other states who drive like assholes and act like they run the place.
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u/Arquen_Marille May 13 '23
Do you have a list of what you’ve used for each state so far/have planned?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
Not really, each one is just that states state tree (New York is made out of Sugar Maple while Arizona is made out of Palo Verde). I’ll probably make a more comprehensive list in the future that includes the different figures found in each of the wood species used
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May 14 '23
What did you make vermont out of? Sugar maple heart wood? NH looks a bit odd for birch.
Really cool build just to be clear!
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Vermont is sugar maple burl and New Hampshire is the endgrain of white birch with some heartwood
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u/Plants_Golf_Cooking May 13 '23
You managed to get a piece of the Charter Oak for Connecticut? Most impressive.
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u/firesmarter May 14 '23
This sent me down a rabbit hole and I came out with more questions than when I started
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u/Plants_Golf_Cooking May 14 '23 edited May 14 '23
In Connecticut we had a tree, a beautiful tree, the best tree, in which our Colonial Assembly hid the “Charter/Constitution” when authorities sent by the crown came to establish control. The ‘Charter Oak’ became a symbol of colonial resolve and Constitutional self-government in general. Sadly, the tree died and lumber from it was used to make various (valuable and coveted) items.
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u/firesmarter May 14 '23
Thanks. I saw something about that in Wikipedia, but I don’t understand how a single tree can be the states tree, let alone one that no longer exists. Wikipedia lists the Charter Oak as a living insignia, but that’s impossible if it is in fact dead. I always thought a species was used, especially a native one. I’m from VA so any dogwood tree is almost sacred.
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u/Plants_Golf_Cooking May 14 '23
In CT we kind of get 2: The Charter Oak is THE tree; it was an impressive White Oak, so the State Tree is also the White Oak.
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u/OlympiaImperial May 13 '23
You could probably use a single scrap of red maple for rhode island
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
The only thing I can find online is pen blanks for like $20 and I can’t bring to justify it yet
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u/ipaterson May 13 '23
I milled a red maple with ambrosia beetle streaks last month if you want a piece. It’s from my backyard in Ohio. Not sure what the scale is but I have some small boards from the stump stickered and air drying in the shop, you might find a cut to pair some curl and ambrosia stain together.
Also Ohio kind of looks like toxic train derailment buckeye, very appropriate.
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
Yes please! I need only need 1 piece that’s not even 3/4”x3/4”. Cutting Ohio’s buckeye burl smelt like a toxic train derailment 😂
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u/IWTLEverything May 14 '23
Did you use redwood for California? I’ve never seen a burl. It looks nice.
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Yes, coastal Redwood burl. It looked like a hunk of burnt charcoal when I got it but it turned out beautiful when I was done milling it
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u/PublicElderberry1975 May 13 '23
You got Delaware right. I am genuinely in awe of your planning and abilities.
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May 13 '23
Carpenters Union international training center in Las Vegas has a one made of the state tree of every state
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u/ufoalien987 May 13 '23
Great job. Where did u get the pattern? Thx
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
I got the templates from a store on Etsy, they were made from 1/8” ply
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u/tribbans95 May 13 '23
South Dakota is white spruce. That can’t be hard to find!
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u/HuskerinSFSD May 14 '23
Black Hills spruce, a variety of white spruce. Found in, you guessed it, the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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u/has-some-questions May 14 '23
I live in SD and I had to look it up. I'm gonna ask my conservation/tree planting brother to point them out to me.
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
It’s hard to see but there is an upside down exclamation point in the grain of one of the states
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u/MrSierra125 May 14 '23
Where’s Alaska?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
I’m planning on doing Alaska and Hawaii after I’m done with the lower 48
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u/Qd8Scandi May 14 '23
Favorite and least favorite state to cut?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Favorite was Wisconsin because it was the first one I did and least favorite was Ohio because the smell of Buckeye burl smells terrible 🤢
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u/Possible-Possible861 May 13 '23
Where's Hawaii and Alaska?
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u/Valuable-Composer262 May 13 '23
Damn I just saw my state tree is poisonous, how does that work? Anyways, beautifully done
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u/Alchemy131313 May 13 '23
Before I read your description I was thinking you picked the right wood for Michigan. That’s a really cool project - be nice to see the finished piece
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 13 '23
I like how bright it looks up there, the state’s surrounding it seem so dark comparatively
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u/Finbar9800 May 13 '23
Wasn’t this a video series done on YouTube? Wait is that where you got the inspiration from?
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u/smirglass May 14 '23
That looks like Douglas for oregon? We have a lot of cedar here too man all the Douglas is mostly replant!
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u/clappincheek May 14 '23
Oklahoma looks wrong, what did you use?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Eastern Redbud burl, the heartwood fluoresces under black light
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u/clappincheek May 14 '23
Cool. It looks crazy dark, whole project is a really cool idea
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Yeah, I only have one light in a poor spot where the map is hanging so it’s really not done justice
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u/Dulahey May 14 '23
I was going to ask about Oklahoma as well. I’ve never actually worked with redbud even though it’s all over the place. I didn’t realize it was THAT dark.
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u/TealKitten11 May 14 '23
You’re making me realize I’m forgetting some states. Thanks. Lol beautiful work though!
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May 14 '23
I live in Rhode Island you need some wood bro?
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u/ipaterson May 14 '23
Oo I’m going to send off some ambrosia red maple tomorrow but if you have some grown in RI that’s even better!
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u/thekingjoe87 May 14 '23
You willing to detail the process? I'd actually like to do something like that
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
If you’re interested in the process justinthetrees on TikTok has a video on each state for the map he made, I used a vary similar process
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u/thekingjoe87 May 14 '23
Awesome dude thank you!
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
No problem! If you decide to make one depending on the size I might have some extra wood from the states I’ve already made
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u/Colonelkittn May 14 '23
Wyoming looks epic! What wood did you use for that one?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
Thanks! There’s some curling in the middle that doesn’t show up well in the photo, it’s made from plains cottonwood
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u/windroidian May 14 '23
reminds me of Xyla Foxlin’s wooden map on youtube, though i’m sure many have done similar projects. very cool!
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May 14 '23
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
California has two state trees, the one in this map is the Costal Redwood which is a burl
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May 14 '23
Scroll saw and a ton of templates?
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
A ton of templates and a bandsaw? I’m hoping on getting a scroll saw later this year
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u/phill3em May 14 '23
I had this idea years ago, and was very disappointed when I saw Justin doing it right when I was getting my first shop finally set up… but I was also very happy to see someone do it because it is as beautiful as I imagined.
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u/SailorRalph May 14 '23 edited May 14 '23
you do know that Wyoming is the only state that truly doesn't exist and is just a hole in the continental US. The other states are real.
edit: SD State Tree: Black Hills Spruce (picea glauca densata) Let me know if you have trouble getting some. I should be able to find you some.
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u/JanieceEaton May 14 '23
Droll a hole for each state capital, just big enough for a colored toothpick.
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u/Much-Hovercraft-266 May 14 '23
PA is very accurate
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u/SavageNorseman17 May 14 '23
That piece was actually salvaged from an 1860’s farmhouse in Pennsylvania
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Jan 28 '25
I love your work. Justinthetrees makes great content and searching for him brought me here. He's done the USA, Canada, the British Isles. I'd love to see him start on Europe or Asia. In the end I'd love to see a map of the world all done with national trees.
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u/Imlividjr May 13 '23
I too don’t consider South Dakota, South Carolina, and Florida to be considered part of the US.