Got this 1/2 x 6 inch lumber from a guy and was wondering what it is cedar or redwood? Every bit of the stuff I cut is red don't see any yellow or white light grain in any of it. I think cedar but not 100% sure what is your thoughts.

Looks like cedar to me

He called it cedar I think I do agree with you Bruce.

Western Red Cedar would be my bet.

The two smell different when cut.

Cedar.

Thank You all very much.

Looks like rift sawn western cedar. If the grain was just a bit more vertical, it'd make some good guitar tops.

Cedar smells fantastic. Redwood smells good.

Keith

Cedar.....



Unless you were a roofer in Southern CA in the the years up to the 80's,,,,,then it smelled like money.......
I sill like the smell of a hot tar Kettle......

Old cedar has little smell after a the oils are gone.

Cedar

Second growth western red cedar.
Old growth would be about 20+ rings per inch.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,,,,,,No tight ring around the rosy.....

I'm sort of a western red cedar nut.
That actually could be older interior red cedar (eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana).
West of the Cascades of Oregon, Washington, B.C., and SE Alaska the difference between old growth and second growth is so remarkable that it is hardly similar. Old growth can have as many as 50 rings per inch, whereas I've seen second growth with rings nearly 3/4 of an inch wide.
OG is beautiful and rot resistant, SG not so much

This is the oldest one on my place.
Guessing it was a babe 100 years ago. It is a wide as a Honda Forman.
And pictures of the new growth

The rest of the woods
All second or third....

I worked in a mill where we processed some wrc, but mostly redwood. Some plantation stuff but also alot of heartwood old growth redwood $$$$$$$ siding and trim


Milled some redwood gutters a few times for restoration projects .$$$$$$


Spotted some gutters on an old house at the Oregon Coast a few yrs back ....rare

The old gutters...... Makes me want to walk around and see if I have some in a barn some were....

Add water and the trees grow faster.
Nooksack birch, the rings are almost 1/2 inch

(purdy purple / blue flowers on your place)
Guessing sage?

Interesting info. Vinke that is beautiful stand of redwoods, I'm impressed. The cedar I was given I sided the shack with it. I will oil it down next spring and try to maintain it as long as I can.

This!