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green ash
Has anyone turned green ash (the species, not wet wood) for anything beyond
spindles and baseball bats? I have several crotch pieces, about 20" in diameter and 16" long. I was wondering if it could be used as bowl stock? I know this wood splits quite easily, as I handsplit the entire trunk and larger branches into two cords of firewood. I tried to split one of these crotch sections and gave up. Is this normally easily-split characteristic such that green ash is disqualified for bowl turning? Max |
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Hi Max Green ash is only a variety of red ash its name Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima. the difference less hair on the leaves, twigs and flower stalk, than on the red ash. I cannot tell the difference just looking at them but I have turned white, red, green, black and I think at one time a blue ash they are all very much alike, tough (long straight grained)flexible wood, it has not the interlocking grain like elm but in my experience no problem with splitting if you slow down the initial end grain drying. attractive grain sometimes and you can make some real nice bowls out off it. Have fun and take care!! Leo Van Der Loo Maxprop wrote: Has anyone turned green ash (the species, not wet wood) for anything beyond spindles and baseball bats? I have several crotch pieces, about 20" in diameter and 16" long. I was wondering if it could be used as bowl stock? I know this wood splits quite easily, as I handsplit the entire trunk and larger branches into two cords of firewood. I tried to split one of these crotch sections and gave up. Is this normally easily-split characteristic such that green ash is disqualified for bowl turning? Max |
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"Leo Van Der Loo" wrote in message Maxprop wrote: Has anyone turned green ash (the species, not wet wood) for anything beyond spindles and baseball bats? I have several crotch pieces, about 20" in diameter and 16" long. I was wondering if it could be used as bowl stock? I know this wood splits quite easily, as I handsplit the entire trunk and larger branches into two cords of firewood. I tried to split one of these crotch sections and gave up. Is this normally easily-split characteristic such that green ash is disqualified for bowl turning? Max Hi Max Green ash is only a variety of red ash its name Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. subintegerrima. the difference less hair on the leaves, twigs and flower stalk, than on the red ash. I cannot tell the difference just looking at them but I have turned white, red, green, black and I think at one time a blue ash they are all very much alike, tough (long straight grained)flexible wood, it has not the interlocking grain like elm but in my experience no problem with splitting if you slow down the initial end grain drying. attractive grain sometimes and you can make some real nice bowls out off it. Have fun and take care!! Leo Van Der Loo Thanks, Leo, for the low down on ash. I'll chainsaw those chunks into bowl stock and seal the endgrain as soon as the weather breaks. If nothing else, I can always contribute my failures to the firewood pile. Max |
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I've turned green ash to bowls a couple of times and have more roughs
waiting. Once it's dry, sharp tools and a light cut seems to be the rule for me. I've shattered more than I've completed, but I'm still new at this. djb -- There are no socks in my email address. "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" |
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"Dave Balderstone" I've turned green ash to bowls a couple of times and have more roughs waiting. Once it's dry, sharp tools and a light cut seems to be the rule for me. I've shattered more than I've completed, but I'm still new at this. Ditto. A comment by a close friend dining at our home last weekend: "The dinner was delicious, the conversation stimulating, and you have the most interesting firewood I've ever seen." I've been attempting some of Mike Darlow's spindle exercises. Max |
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Maxprop wrote: A comment by a close friend dining at our home last weekend: "The dinner was delicious, the conversation stimulating, and you have the most interesting firewood I've ever seen." LOL! Yeah, my burn bin gets interesting too. djb -- There are no socks in my email address. "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" |
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