![Step 1: Increment Borer](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step6.jpg)
Step 1: Increment Borer
![Step 2: Slowly moving the Increment borer into the tree](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step8.jpg)
Step 2: Slowly moving the Increment borer into the tree
![Step 3: Taking the core](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step7.jpg)
Step 3: Taking the core
![Step 4: The resulting wound which we corked](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step9.jpg)
Step 4: The resulting wound which we corked
![Step 5: Viewing the core sample in the field](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step10.jpg)
Step 5: Viewing the core sample in the field
![Step 6: Examining the core after removal for the tree](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step1.jpg)
Step 6: Examining the core after removal for the tree
![Step 7: Core sample placed in jig and slice to establish a flat surface](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step4.jpg)
Step 7: Core sample placed in jig and slice to establish a flat surface
![Step 8: Measurement taken of core](https://www.arborcareropes.com/wp-content/uploads/oak-step3.jpg)