The logs out of Lake Mich. are fantastic. They are old thin banding and very large.
They are very stable and are typically sawed into custom board or laminate.

Martin

Leo Van Der Loo wrote:

Hi there

They have and still are pulling wood out of bogs and water and peat
places, all over the world, it used to be burned, probably still being
done but some of it is taken out and used for turning and sculpting
etc., apparently they use some of the bog oak in Ireland for turning,
and the wood is "more unstable than any I've ever seen" according David
Sloan in a write up in Fine Woodworking, "turned wet, in a matter of
hours it distorts severely", yet the small chunks of 30.000+ years old
Kauri My sister brought back from New Zealand for me, a couple of years
ago have not changed a hair, just depends what wood it is to start of
with I assume.

I now was wondering if there is any swamp wood taken out and used for
turning or art work etc. in North America, or do people not bother with
this kind of wood, I don't seem to remember having heard of anyone using
it here, of coarse I don't know all that is done with regards to this
kind of work, have any of you ??

Just wondering.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

Prometheus wrote:

On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 18:04:58 GMT, (Chuck)
wrote:


Neat, but I hate turning Oak- it always cracks on me, and it'd be a
shame to waste rare old wood like that. Try rec.woodworking


I have turned Swedish bog oak, c. 3400 BC and have had no problems
with it cracking. I think 5000 years soaking in a bog must be
equivalent to a week in LDD. : )



Oh come on, now- not even 5000 years of bog soaking can compare to a
week in LDD, *everyone* knows that!





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