I Drove Across America Collecting Wood in Every State

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[@xylafoxlin]

Thanks so much everyone for the support and kind words on this video! To send me wood from your state, my PO box address is: Xyla Foxlin, 10866 Washington Blvd. #610, Culver City, CA 90232 (I share it with Allen Pan so feel free to send him stuff too haha) Regardless of whether or not I use your piece of wood I respond to all mail!

[@xylafoxlin]

I would also like to point out that we are 200 comments in and not a single one of you passed the test of reminding me not to build another boat when I said I was saving that cedar for a boat SHAME ON Y'ALL

[@Orynae]

@@xylafoxlin have you considered that we are not exactly invested in you not building another boat :p

[@thomasrupesinghe]

@@xylafoxlin 21:43 cracked me up more than I'd like to admit! 🤣 I'd love to see you build another boat, maybe another style, I'm not well versed in the art of boatbuilding, although I hope to be some day. I also love the mini shop tour, it's very inspiring to see someone doing these kinds of creative projects that are something different with tools that generally aren't overly specialised!

[@granworks]

There are trees that grow in Arizona! There are even huge forests of Ponderosa Pine in the mountains... but since you require the mailed pieces to be kiln dried, that would require a sawmill and there are very few of those. I could send you either Palo Verde (state tree) or Cottonwood, which grow in my front and back yard respectively, but since I would be cutting it down, it couldn't be kiln dried...

[@RedHmong]

you need to censor at 12:26 or cut out that frame out LOL

[@allenpan]

So you were filming something! I knew it!

[@xylafoxlin]

weird how that happens huh

[@SeanBlader]

I'm like that's not just any "Allen", that's THE Allen Pan who honestly should've been one of the Mythbusters: The Search winners.

[@StSparky]

I miss Hexspace & Sufficiently Advanced.

[@morantactical1105]

For big states like Texas, CA and Alaska, you might consider joining two pieces of wood. Example-CA could be a piece of redwood from the north dovetailed to a piece of oak from the south.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

I could probably find a piece of madrone to send. Redwood is the obvious choice for California but we have a lot of madrone, too, near the coast, and it looks nice. (Arbutus menziesii). Redwood is a very low density and soft wood, but madrone is pretty hard.

[@jeffkeiper]

No one ever actually scales Alaska to the same scale as the map being presented.

[@NewbombedTurk]

Honestly, I don’t know why that guy help her find a piece of Live Oak from Texas.

[@PhilVandelay]

This is such a cool project, and I liked the mix between Vlog and build video (I guess it was mostly Vlog) and learning about some of the trees. I hope you're aware that once this is finished you'll have to step it up and do a giant globe with wood from every country!

[@sebastianjost]

That would be amazing! Though I imagine a globe would be very difficult to make as all the pieces need to be curved. Also it would be quite difficult to make some of the tiny European countries.

[@rlaxton666]

I can so relate to the head in the clouds view thing. I once walked 11km straight up a mountain in NSW, Australia based on a promise of a view all the way to the coast, acquiring nearly 30 leeches in the process, only to have visibility of around 20 metres when I reached the summit. Totally worth it still.

[@YeOldeTraveller]

I didn't make the top of Mount Fuji when I tried climbing it. The folks on the trip with me who did make it to the top reported they were in the cloud. I stopped about 1000 feet below the summit. You could see down and out to the side a bit, but the cloud away from the mountain was below the level I was at.

[@jmg999]

Why is it not at all surprising that you're also a violin virtuosa and Thoreau reader? What a great trip trip, and you captured it so well. Even w/ all your abilities to create just about anything, I love that you find such wonder in the natural world.

[@BisonStampede]

Just a little planing tip. If you have to plane another thin jointed piece again, use painters tape oriented across the joint to help hold the joint together and reduce the chance of blowing the joint. If the joint does still blow, the pieces will still be held in orientation.

[@ChuckDodds]

OMG. I'm just now getting around to viewing this vid (recent subbie) and your idea about a map of your trip blew me away. Not only that, but I'm a native of Tennessee and grew up about 50 miles from the Smokies. The story of the chestnut blight has always almost made me cry, and I'm thrilled you were able to find a piece of old Chestnut to use on the map. The tulip poplar is our state tree these days, but your choice of chestnut makes me proud. I feel like a part of my heart is on your map. Thanks, Xyla.

[@michaeltuckerman6983]

Love your channel wish I would have known you were coming through Hot Springs. Our beautiful Lake Ouachita is pronounced washa Tah. I moved here 30 years ago from Ontario California. Sorry to hear you are relocating there. Like New York many people are trying to get out of California. I pray it all works out for you God bless you

[@SwitchAndLever]

Very cool Xyla! Been waiting for this! Came out super! So once Covid is over and travel is possible any plans for a world map? 😄 One tip for planing thinner and smaller pieces of wood is to build a planer sled. Basically a piece of thick MDF and a tiny ledge at the back to act as a backstop, and feed all of it with your wood to be planed on top. This helps so the piece that you're planing doesn't bend (and shatter) from the rollers in the planer.

[@xylafoxlin]

Genius. Hate that I didn't think of that, I've seen them used too lol. Thank you!!

[@SwitchAndLever]

@@xylafoxlin still even nicer would be a drum sander. It's on my wishlist for future workshops 🙂

[@karl_alan]

@@xylafoxlin you can also use something like carpet tape & tape the pieces to a larger board or strip of plywood to plane small/thin pieces.

[@deannaatkinson3004]

When I was a teen (50 years ago) I did a 3 day canoe trip down the Saco river in Maine. Wonderful experience.

[@protoearth]

10:50 Alaska also wouldn’t fit. Hurts my feelings every time we’re left out :’(

[@Twentynyne]

Yea I don't think Alaska would fit, we'd need a longwide board to accommodate

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Well, the obvious solution to that (wood) problem would be going back to being Russian, but I don't think that's an option either, yeah?😅

[@Twentynyne]

@@MichaelBerthelsen I'd much rather be american than russian

[@bknesheim]

Then you should think about that all those states are called the "Lower 48", putting Alaska above the rest. :-)

[@xylafoxlin]

I figured if someone sends me Alaska I'd just make it and have it float around in the bottom left corner!

[@craigmooring2091]

@9:00 "a little bit of a hyperbole". Right because it ought to be called something like "teeny-tiny Niagara". Have you ever noticed that while we frequently use 'overstatement' and 'understatement', we often use 'hyperbole' but never 'hypobole'?

[@TheHengeProphet]

Been learning with a laser cutter at work that can only cut through about 1/8th inch and I learned that you can actually double the thickness if you have good a good zeroing mechanism/edge, mirror the image, and flip the medium to cut through from the back side.

[@lesliefranklin1870]

Note that you can glue piece of wood that are less than 1/4" in thickness. Luthiers do it all the time. It requires special technique and/or a jig. There are several examples on KZbin.

[@a0flj0]

If you ever find yourself in a cloud again, climb higher. You'll get your view. You can avoid snipe caused by the thickness planer by planning multiple pieces in parallel, but introducing them into the machine staggered. You should use two scrap pieces for start and finish of the stream of boards.Those will be the only ones with significant snipe.

[@TheMadpyrate]

This was fun! Good work and neat project. Be careful with the firewood though. Since it isn't kiln dried its possible for you to transport invasive species of bugs with it. A quick way to do it safely is to find yourself an oven and an old baking tray. Just bake the wood for a while and that should kill anything in it. Looking forward to the next road trip.

[@KainzMusic]

Your energy and enthusiasm are infectious. Your videos are educational and entertaining and tons of fun!

[@kyleh3615]

"...but now I'm a big kid with a credit card and no self control when it comes to power tools" This. This spoke to me

[@AtrumNoxProductions]

As a Utahn I absolutely love that you are doing it out of petrified wood!

[@ericmgodfrey]

Right? So dope.

[@CALLOFDOOTY16]

This video is so cool! I am going to school for environmental science, and I love that you talk about the different types of trees that you are acquiring the wood from! Thank you Xyla, this is reminding me of why I enjoy learning about environmental science! Especially trees! Cheers from Michigan!

[@xylafoxlin]

OOOH jealous! I wish I could go to school again for enviroscience :)

[@CALLOFDOOTY16]

@@xylafoxlin I specifically remember learning about chestnut blight in one of my first lectures! I'll try and find a piece of native lumber for your project!

[@bicycleninja1685]

When she described it at the beginning, I unimaginatively envisioned a bundle of sticks. I thought, well, that would be an interesting bundle of sticks. Really impressed with the design and the end result!

[@dgillies5420]

You could go to the white mountains of Arizona it's the Colorado Plateau with plenty of ash and pine trees, the East / Northeast part of Arizona.

[@stevekreitler9349]

That was a very typical piece of mesquite. Here in Texas, furniture pieces made from it almost always have extensive epoxy infills. When planing small pieces like that, I rip longer pieces from scrap and glue them to the sides- this takes all the worry out of the job, and you can just rip them off when done. I keep crappy wood around for just this purpose (it simply has to exist).

[@Martell364]

I went into this video expecting "only" woodworking, but was very pleasantly surprised, when I got beautiful road trip footage and a lesson on North American tree species and their histories as well.

[@johnredford942]

The sad story of the American Chestnut is a theme in the great novel "The Overstory" by Richard Powers. It's about trees in general! And our relationship with them. Hope you get the chance to read it in your busy life! Loved this video, and will try to find some American Elm from Massachusetts.

[@sgsax]

Trying to think of a good native tree from here in Kansas. We also have a cottonwood variety, it's even or state tree. Don't know if you want another one though. Lots of oak and elm, but they aren't particularly unique. This is a fun project! Looking forward to seeing it complete! Thanks for sharing!

[@thorhammer6040]

I love this format. It shows your personal side.

[@WS102]

Yes! California Coastal Redwood is the California State Tree and the way to go! Nice! Sweet Subaru Impreza too! Subie/NorCal respresent!

[@arailway8809]

Texas has beautiful forests on its eastern side. The bridge west of Memphis has been shut down. It has a serious crack in a horizontal member. Always love your work, Xyla.

[@dingus153]

I feel like us Aussies sending over Eucalyptus trees has to be the worlds longest troll with all the wildfires there are in California

[@jgodbee3090]

Maybe some partially burnt eucalypts from last years fires. Here is a present from my fire to yours ;)

[@mckenziekeith7434]

The large wildfires usually rage in areas where there are native trees. But there have been some horrific fires in California in more suburban areas with lots of eucalyptus. The oakland hills fire, for example. I grew up in California, and, oddly, when I visited Australia the eucalyptus trees made me feel at home.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

@EZ Z I just mean that in the wild areas, such as where a lot of the recent big fires have been, there aren't that many eucalyptus trees. But Eucalyptus trees are definitely a huge fire hazard. All that bark they shed is just kindling, and they burn very hot when they burn. I agree with all that. California has not done a good job of fuel reduction over the last, well, many decades. So it is a problem. Even without eucalyptus it would be a problem. But the areas with eucalyptus are definitely more at risk.

[@gavreynolds2689]

Yeah mate we have a sick sense of humour down here in Oz.

[@hacksmith]

It looks so great! Fantastic work as usual :)

[@xylafoxlin]

OOooh thank you! Eventually I'll do Canada too don't worry!

[@Northrop-Grumman1991]

@@xylafoxlin omg 😱 he watches your videos

[@GOAFPilotChannel]

I love it when I get to the top of a hike and there's fog instead of a view! I totally vibe with that feeling without having to pay for an airplane!

[@TheVexinator]

Tip for planing thin wood planks - fix them to another piece to increase thickness. Double sided tape, or make your own double-side tape by using two strips of tape (one on each plank) and glue the opposing strips of tape together using super glue. (i.e. the tape's normal glue goes to the wood, and the non-sticky sides of the tape are then glued together using super glue). Several videos on KZbin about this trick.

[@JackmanWorks]

When should I expect my royalty check for my appearance fee in your video? My legs are my money maker!

[@thomasboese3793]

It only counts "if" you leave a timestamp to mark where your appearance took place.

[@JackmanWorks]

@@thomasboese3793 2:57 I'm offended that my world famous legs aren't universally recognizable

[@xylafoxlin]

get your own vpn!!!

[@thomasboese3793]

​@@tetedur377 You do not fully understand how KZbin works my friend. I am a YT "user", not a YT "content creator". I have zero content today. Funny truth - click on any "​ @Tête Dur ", what do you "see"... "This channel doesn't have any content." Are you telling me that all YT "USERS" without content are "sketchy"? If so, then you need to clean up your own house first, and then you can tell the rest of us "users" how to fix our channels so us "users" do not offend anyone. Thank You.

[@evzevz06]

Cottonwood is popular with wood sculpture carvers because although a hardwood its still soft, and its nice how little it splinters. Its great to work on with powertools too

[@xylafoxlin]

OOh that makes sense! I love it!

[@Crobisaur]

So cool you did a history and info session about these trees. Esp the American Chestnut, such a wonderful tree that had such a massive impact on the ecology of the east coast.

[@TealCheetah]

There used to be a match stick factory in Mancos, CO (near Mesa Verde). I believe they used locally sourced aspen. I think that's the closest thing to a saw mill in the area. The four corners isn't really known for it's wood or milling.

[@noisebox9529]

Fun project! Thanks for taking us on the road trip. I'm looking forward to you finishing the other pieces and the accompanying videos.

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

With the Dewalt planer, I recommend building a table that is flush to its table on both sides. Infeed and outfeed support will really help with snipe. If space is an issue the extension wings are better than nothing.

[@xylafoxlin]

Ooooh thanks for the tips! I have the wings I just haven't installed them yet. I'm thinking of making one of those flip tables to save space, and put an oscillating sander on the other side.

[@michaelthyfault5868]

Thank You for being you. Inspiration for all to see.

[@BTom16]

It's really great that you appreciate the beauty of wood and natural fibers but you also work with composites and engineered materials. Fun video.

[@stevenhall1097]

1 of my newer favorite channels. Thanks Xyla.

[@BeckyStern]

Fun project and video! I like how this piece can keep growing over time. Such a fun way to commemorate your travels and also the native species.

[@xylafoxlin]

Woohooo I can't wait for your wood to arrive!

[@lukejackson6935]

Often when I've wanted to laser thick pieces of timber I drop down the laser power and just repeat the cut several times, allows laser cutting of very thick wood without a lot of edge burning. Great vid! 😁

[@carlosarredondo2589]

What a great idea with the wooden states. Had I been into woodworking way back in the 80's, I would've collected wood from each state I was in. I would have right around 43 pieces. Loved it. Thank you for sharing your experience, and welcome to California. If you're ever in Bakersfield, look us up. I would love to have you make something in my shop.

[@georgekonrad911]

you can double stick tape the pieces to a thicker piece of wood to get them through the thickness planer, then pop them apart afterwards

[@ericfinch8887]

Thanks for Stopping in NM and coming to Albuquerque, I hope we made a great impression on you.

[@yuvrajdhungana7245]

I love this girl with no reason

[@RecycledSkills]

That was a cool project. Texas sap would was great (I have that same jointer, and it's eaten up thin boards before). Learning about the North American Chestnut legacy, saddened me. The petrified wood was a good save, and maybe the coolest piece.

[@JulienVanier]

Thanks for showing the hinge method for laying cut vinyl. I'm going to use this great trick!

[@petaaaaa1234]

as an american woodworker living overseas... damn this hit me all over. thank you for sharing!

[@J0hnnieP]

Yuma AZ... got a Catclaw Acacia in my backyard and several large branches have been sawn off.

[@xylafoxlin]

OoooOh I've heard the paddling is good in Yuma too!

[@jhitesma]

Didn't expect to see another Yuma here :) I took down a Eucalyptus in my yard last year and still have all the wood from it, as well as some logs from a Ficus I had to take down a few years ago but neither as properly local as your Acacia :D

[@steffenkoball8200]

What a cool project. As a german it is always overwelming just how big the states are. I do woodworking as well an cloud send you a historic peace from here.

[@xylafoxlin]

bahaha yeah you could fit 2 germanies in texas alone! eventually i want to expand and do a world map!

[@seanferney3621]

The North East corner of utah, at the top of the L has a lot more wood. Lots of valleys/canyons with rivers and trees and stuff. There's a handful of saw mills to.

[@mazchen]

You're lucky that Utah has such a simple geometry. Great project!

[@YeOldeTraveller]

Great way to commemorate a huge trip, and life event. My wife and I visited Bryce on our trip from Detroit to LA. Utah was my 49th state. (We went through Oregon to get my last state on the way home.)

[@consaka1]

Speaking rot-resistant trees and uh some real hardwood, I have a black locust here that is a bit unique for sure. On our property here in WA we also have some port orford cedar, which isn't really a cedar at all apparently.

[@tomdixon2959]

Enjoy your videos a lot. Not much into wood working, as a retired welder I work on mostly metal stuff. Grew up in Ohio and find it interesting the states that don't have the choice of home grown trees we have here. Take care and hope CA works for you!

[@RodRosenberg]

Washington State here.....Our family has a portable mill and I've got some nice pieces of Western Hemlock if you want. I've got other stuff like alder and some pretty wonderful curly maple from some trees that had died.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Neeeeeeeerd! And we love you for it!😜❤😂 OK, that sap wood seam on Texas actually looks really cool!👍

[@xylafoxlin]

Hehe, thanks so much!!

[@rhouseratfatfinger]

Cool project. The iconic wood from Arizona is the ironwood, and go one step further by getting an ironwood burl. There's a dealer in Tucson, but he's probably not the only one in AZ.

[@mndlessdrwer]

That piece of petrified wood is absolutely stunning. I do think the wood for California in this video may be prettier than the Redwood, but I totally understand the ideal of not promoting invasive species and, well, you can't think of California's trees without mentioning their Redwoods, so it makes sense to swap that one out. It might also be cool to just have a little bin of extra states where you received multiple submissions so you can occasionally swap them out and admire a fresh new look.

[@jonathanhendry9759]

Unfortunately sending pieces of wood around the country is a great way to give invasive insects and fungi a free ride to a new part of the country.

[@mojaverockets]

Cool video, reminded me of our trip moving from Chicago to LA on Route 66 back in 1956, thanks

[@RobotRiedingerEd]

Xyla, welcome to LA. Fun video. I too collect wood, a bit of suburban forestry, when people cut down their trees I try and grab some for my projects. You have inspired me to do more collecting when I travel. I missed the video where you explain why LA. Job? Certainly not the low cost of housing. When you were at Hexcorp you must have been thinking of flying, being so close to Van Nuys Airport.

[@ambsquared]

Cottonwood is a bit wider spread than that map showed. The town where I grew up in Wyoming had lots of them. My In-laws former home had a few in their yard in Wisconsin. I was at their house when lightning hit the tree for the third and final time. Great project and should be fun for you to add new states when you travel.

[@xylafoxlin]

THREE times??? On one poor tree? I bet the lichtenberg figures on that were out of this world!

[@GyasiLlewellyn]

Can't help feeling this channel will be massive soon!

[@henrypostulart]

My California trip happened during a local teacher’s strike back in the 70s. Made it all the way to the Mexican border and played my flute atop a coastal hillside wearing a blanket my beautiful girlfriend had fashioned into a cloak for me ❤️ Damned good times…

[@mred9332]

Alligator juniper looks like a lot like French cade juniper which is wonderful to work with... The grain, the smell ... one of my favorite to work with ❤

[@TobinGeorgeWashington]

Loved this format! Hope you will document more wood gathering road trips.

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

I love Tennesse for their nature. The opposite side of that trail leads to one of the best swimming holes in the country in my opinion.

[@JNathanSimmons]

Great violin background music . You did your uncle's song justice :) and it sounded great in that area. Mesquite is also very natural in Oklahoma as well. on the border of OK and TX off of I-40 that is.

[@hamiltonqkarl]

So happy you got to meet up with Aaron!

[@xylafoxlin]

He's the best!!!

[@theredgriffin]

something that help me plain thin wood is hot glue or super glue to another board for support.

[@CowDogCraftWorks]

Fun fact: my two back saws are handled from stabilized reclaimed American chestnut. It’s a great and beautiful wood!

[@xylafoxlin]

ur a back saw mr. flex

[@SerifSansSerif]

Regarding the chestnut, there IS new chestnut and there IS a source for the wood. It's kind of a flash thing when it comes in stock, but I know CR Mutterspaw had some (gone now). I think their source was in Michigan. Hope the trip was pleasant. I headed back east back in Aug after being in WA. I'm glad I was heading east, not west. Around Utah/Idaho/Wyoming... Oof... The landscape screws with your mind.

[@OriginalJetForMe]

Hahaha "no self control when it comes to power tools." I am in this video and I don't like it.

[@nwilcoxen]

i am in the video and i like it rather a lot

[@windbreaker57]

I want you to know I'm thoroughly enjoying watching your progress on this project, with all the bits of each State, of each piece of of the mosaic.

[@Wellfan82]

As a guitar maker, and someone who absolutely loves the wilderness, I would love to do this. Watched a few of your videos now in the last couple of days, love them. Also your uncle seems like the coolest guy

[@alexfosse]

@xylafoxlin if anyone else said this already then ignore this. I have the same planer. If you install a spiral helical cutterhead on it, the sound will drop a couple orders of magnitude. Also it will be able to plane figured wood.

[@alanmuddypaws3865]

Love it! Nice blend of making, beautiful scenery on an American road trip, and history.

[@djjmsimon]

Two correlated themes: Look up "Danish string quartet" "woodworks" Album I had the pleasure of hearing it live in a tiny venue, you reminded me of some of it listening to your playing.

[@dabeamer42]

The humble hot dog (7:59) - breakfast of champions. And Oklahoma's _persimmon_ was the _only_ wood to use for making the head of a driver. Until titanium came along.

[@locke3141]

Tried to find a good mn one, but we don’t have many MN specific trees. Thinking maybe a Tamarack. I have a couple different kinds of maple and some black ash in my yard, some of which could work since it’s already recently on the ground. Otherwise, lots of white and red pine or birch and aspen around here.

[@anakinfanini7154]

Mesquite smoked BBQ is a true Texas BBQ. Both my younger sister are vegetarians but Texans love mesquite.

[@DaveVespa]

If you're ever in the UK I'd enjoy watching a canoe camp with you and Simon, a bloke in the woods.

[@martyflannigan5052]

this was a amazing video. you are quickly becoming a carpenter. Persimmon was used when woods were wood (lol) but they made the best wooden club heads. one last thing your canoe you built with your uncle is just beautiful not sure you could get a nicer one.

[@jeffreythree]

I am not surprised you did not find local lumber in Amarillo. It is to bad you did not dip down into the DFW area where you could have found some pecan wood (the Texas state tree).

[@xylafoxlin]

Yeah! I wanted to but woulda been too tempted to visit all my friends there and not be covid safe 😭

[@rogernettles6719]

Awesome video!! It was great fun hitching a ride with you on your little adventure across the nation.

[@mikecalhoun8497]

You should build a kayak like i did. Building a canoe or a kayak is a bit addictive, once you build one you see different things that you could do and can't wait to start making another one. I'm a woodworker and I live in Western Md. 5 minutes from PA and 5 minutes from WVA so I'm going the send you some wood from all three states. Walnut from MD, Red Oak from PA and Pine from WVA. Love the videos.

[@maadmaxx123]

For Arizona it would be super cool to use a piece of Saguaro Rib Wood! I'd be willing to help you find one if you want. This area is the only place in the world that it grows btw.

[@GarageMacGuyver]

An amazing road trip and learning the different wood species out there (which I've learned more through this video!). An amazing build for a very talented maker. Can't wait to see the rest of the state woods be carved out!

[@samh803]

You should visit the Sonoran desert. You could get a piece of desert ironwood for Arizona.

[@katehart1165]

I think this is my favorite video yet! I'm 100% here for a long video filled with nifty tree facts.

[@nateoutsidethevacuum]

"for amber waves of wood grain!" Thank you for sharing this journey with us! You clearly made the most of your trip. What a great way to connect with other craftsfolk.

[@xylafoxlin]

Bahaha *s l o w c l a p*

[@SeanBlader]

As a Californian, one of my favorite trips was to make it out to Chicago, and thanks to my company and my VP, our team jumped on a segway tourist group, rode from downtown, across Route 66, and to Soldier field. Being Californian, of course I'd already been to the other end of it, where Route 66 ends in Santa Monica... and on the Santa Monica Pier. If you're a car guy, Route 66 is a thing.

[@lynngatlin4469]

Tennessee state tree is tulip popular. We have a lot of variety but each state has a state tree an flower so an on.

[@GuillermoSanchez29]

I really wish I would have seen this video when it came out. I would have sent you some Texas Native Pecan, Live Oak, or Southern Red Cedar. All grow native in central Texas. In East Texas we have large pines and beautiful Cypress. Your map came our awesome and these are the reasons why I love watching your channel.

[@johnellis1952]

First, let me say, as a KZbinr...you are amazing. I truly enjoy your scientific and wood-working projects because they are filled with enthusiasm and excited which makes me smile. My single request for you is to research the pronunciation of 'persimmon'. It's more like 'per-sim-muhn'. Keep up the good work.

[@LetsMakeThingsGoBoom]

If it wasn't winter, I'd go out in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and salvage some fallen Golden Chinquapin. It is one of Oregon's most underrated and beautiful trees and is found on both sides of the Cascades unlike many of the other trees in Oregon.