Just now, sometimewoodworker said:

Sapwood can be prone to insect damage at any age if the tree.

In Europe we use the term spintwood for the outer white layers....i guess the Britts also use it.

 

But sapwood will become heartwood if the tree grows more new outer rings on the stem and gets older.

4 minutes ago, Thian said:

In Europe we use the term spintwood for the outer white layers....i guess the Britts also use it.

 

But sapwood will become heartwood if the tree grows more new outer rings on the stem and gets older.

As a Britt I can tell you we don't  it isn't in the English dictionary's I have.

 

But as to sapwood becoming heartwood you are correct 

Edited September 14, 20178 yr by sometimewoodworker

1 minute ago, sometimewoodworker said:

As a Britt I can tell you we don't 

 

But as to sapwood becoming heartwood you are correct 

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=spintwood&oq=spintwood&aqs=chrome..69i57.2521j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Well google also knows that term....no idea where it comes from though but in Holland we use it all the time.

36 minutes ago, Thian said:

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=spintwood&oq=spintwood&aqs=chrome..69i57.2521j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

Well google also knows that term....no idea where it comes from though but in Holland we use it all the time.

 

Edited September 14, 20178 yr by Techno Viking