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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:15:40 GMT, (Chuck)
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:53:21 -0500, Prometheus
wrote:

We were hanging out in the shop after work tonight, and one of the
guys I work with mentioned that he has an elm tree that died this
year, and is still standing in his yard. He said I could have it if I
wanted it, and as elm is getting rarer every year, I can hardly see
telling him I don't! Any of you folks turned this, how does it
look/cut/etc. Any points of interest with it, like excessive cracking
or other things to watch out for?

Don't know about the ornamentals called this-or-that "elm" or any
subspecies, but I do know that American elm is a really nice wood.
While it does have a somewhat distinctive odor when green, it is a
very tough and split-resistant wood, with some beautiful chatoyance
and often very nice grain, not to mention the myriads of pin knots you
can often find in it. I have been fortunate enough to get several
entire American elms over the past couple of years and I really love
this wood. Make sure your tools are sharp, and touch them up often,
and you should have no problems with it, especially since it is
standing dead, and therefore won't be "green." (So there'll be less
smell)

Good deal- I'm needing some more wood, as I've almost finished turning
all the birch I nabbed, and I'm waiting for the ten gazillion tons of
basswood I've got to dry before I bother with it- just didn't want to
waste a day or two harvesting junk wood. (Especially since I do all
my felling and cutting with hand tools!)

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