It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say anything
about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
"introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
southeastern Europe. However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

========
Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra) and
Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). These species range from the Appalachians of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when
manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as aspen
(Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera).

The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
yellowish white heartwood. The wood is uniform in texture, generally
straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft, and
low in shock resistance. It is rated low on machinability such as
shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.

Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has been
used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
========

Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...

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Steve Turner wrote:
wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?
If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say anything
about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
"introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
southeastern Europe. However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

========
Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra) and
Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). These species range from the Appalachians of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when
manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as aspen
(Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera).

The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
yellowish white heartwood. The wood is uniform in texture, generally
straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft, and
low in shock resistance. It is rated low on machinability such as
shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.

Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has been
used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
========

Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...

Sounds like it might be good for carving though, depending on how soft
it is. You mention Aspen along with Poplar. Poplar is reasonably hard
while aspen is much like basswood.

"Steve Turner" wrote:

Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

Don't know about the DofA definition, but in Ohio a Buckeye is defined
as a worthless nut.

OSU fans not included.grin

Lew

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:26:11 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:

"Steve Turner" wrote:

Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

Don't know about the DofA definition, but in Ohio a Buckeye is defined
as a worthless nut.

OSU fans not included.grin

Lew



I'm an OSU graduate and I witnessed plenty of nuts along High Street,
especially after beating Michigan in football. Woody Hayes was a nut
of another kind, all by himself. The buckeyes are very good for
dropping down crawdad holes.

"Phisherman" wrote:

I'm an OSU graduate and I witnessed plenty of nuts along High
Street,
especially after beating Michigan in football. Woody Hayes was a
nut
of another kind, all by himself. The buckeyes are very good for
dropping down crawdad holes.

Have two sons that are both OSU graduates.

Love that bumper sticker you see in Columbus:

Directions to Ann Arbor,
North till you smell it,
West till you step in it.

If you travelled north west Ohio during football season as I did, you
best not go into a restaurant or bar before you found out if it was a
Buckeye or Wolverine establishment.

They take their college football very seriously.

Lew

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:57:53 -0500, Steve Turner
wrote:

wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say anything
about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
"introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
southeastern Europe. However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

========
Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra) and
Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). These species range from the Appalachians of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when
manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as aspen
(Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera).

The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
yellowish white heartwood. The wood is uniform in texture, generally
straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft, and
low in shock resistance. It is rated low on machinability such as
shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.

Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has been
used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
========

Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...

I don't want it myself. I used to do a little woodworking, but not
anymore. I just thought I'd see if is worth offering it to anyone.

It sounds like it is too soft for most uses.

On Mar 17, 3:14*am, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:57:53 -0500, Steve Turner



wrote:
wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say anything
about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
"introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
southeastern Europe. *However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

========
Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra) and
Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). *These species range from the Appalachians of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. *Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when
manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as aspen
(Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera).

The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
yellowish white heartwood. *The wood is uniform in texture, generally
straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft, and
low in shock resistance. *It is rated low on machinability such as
shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.

Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has been
used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
========

Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...

I don't want it myself. I used to do a little woodworking, but not
anymore. I just thought I'd see if is worth offering it to anyone.

It sounds like it is too soft for most uses.

I'm on here late, but as far as I can tell, almost no wood is too soft
or too hard but what some woodworker can't use it for something, even
if it's firewood in the stove. I've got bits of an old Chinese
chestnut here that are good for turning, eventually, and two friends
who are good turners.

Check around locally for people you know who are woodworkers. If you
can't find any, check the shop teachers at your local HS for some
names.

On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:28:39 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
wrote:

On Mar 17, 3:14*am, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:57:53 -0500, Steve Turner



wrote:
wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say anything
about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
"introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
southeastern Europe. *However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:

========
Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra) and
Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). *These species range from the Appalachians of
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas. *Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species when
manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as aspen
(Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron
tulipifera).

The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
yellowish white heartwood. *The wood is uniform in texture, generally
straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft, and
low in shock resistance. *It is rated low on machinability such as
shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.

Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has been
used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
========

Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...

I don't want it myself. I used to do a little woodworking, but not
anymore. I just thought I'd see if is worth offering it to anyone.

It sounds like it is too soft for most uses.

I'm on here late, but as far as I can tell, almost no wood is too soft
or too hard but what some woodworker can't use it for something, even
if it's firewood in the stove. I've got bits of an old Chinese
chestnut here that are good for turning, eventually, and two friends
who are good turners.

Check around locally for people you know who are woodworkers. If you
can't find any, check the shop teachers at your local HS for some
names.

I wish I had thought of the local high schools. Too late now. It's all
gone to the chipper.

It might not have been much good anyway. The reason we had to take it
out was that it had serious root damage and started leaning. The tree
guy showed me some of the cross sections. The damaged wood went pretty
far in. He said the tree had been badly pruned for many years.

wrote:

.... snip

It might not have been much good anyway. The reason we had to take it
out was that it had serious root damage and started leaning. The tree
guy showed me some of the cross sections. The damaged wood went pretty
far in. He said the tree had been badly pruned for many years.

What kinds of things make up "badly pruning"? I have to admit that I
don't have a really good feel for pruning well and would like to make sure
that I don't do something that would irreparably damage any of the few
trees that we have growing here.


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"Steve Turner" wrote in message
...
: wrote:
: It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
: taken out. Is the wood good for anything?
:
: If so, who might want it?
:
: The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
: there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several
places.
:
: None of the tree books I have that describe Horsechestnut say
anything
: about the properties of the lumber, but they do say that it's an
: "introduced" member of the Buckeye family, native to Asia and
: southeastern Europe. However, "The Encyclopedia of Wood" by the
U.S.
: Department of Agriculture has this to say about Buckeye:
:
: ========
: Buckeye consists of two species, yellow buckeye (Aesculus octandra)
and
: Ohio buckeye (a. glabra). These species range from the
Appalachians of
: Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina westward to Kansas,
Oklahoma,
: and Texas. Buckeye is not customarily separated from other species
when
: manufactured into lumber and can be used for the same purposes as
aspen
: (Populus), basswood (Tilia), and sapwood of yellow-poplar
(Liriodendron
: tulipifera).
:
: The white sapwood of buckeye merges gradually into the creamy or
: yellowish white heartwood. The wood is uniform in texture,
generally
: straight grained, light in weight, weak when used as a beam, soft,
and
: low in shock resistance. It is rated low on machinability such as
: shaping, mortising, boring, and turning.
:
: Buckeye is suitable for pulping for paper; in lumber form, it has
been
: used principally for furniture, boxes and crates, food containers,
: wooden ware, novelties, and planing mill products.
: ========
:
: Based on all that, I don't think I would bother having it milled...
:
: --

If it's that similar to basswood, someone who does a lot of carving
or whittling might be interested in it.

Len

In article , wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

I've never done any woodworking with it -- but it makes *damn* good firewood.
If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I'd be happy to take it for that
purpose.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:55 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

I've never done any woodworking with it -- but it makes *damn* good firewood.
If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I'd be happy to take it for that
purpose.

About 2,000 miles away ;-) We're not allowed to burn anything in
fireplaces around here. :-(

Maybe you can buy some carbon credits from some third world country
that has a good allocation from the new world government but has no
infrastructure yet to generate much carbon on their own. Zimbabwai or
Nambia come to mind, they could use the cash.

Oh wait, Obama hasn't had his cap-and-trade and world government
budget passed yet. Maybe next year.


On Mar 17, 9:50*am, wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:55 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

I've never done any woodworking with it -- but it makes *damn* good firewood.
If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I'd be happy to take it for that
purpose.

About 2,000 miles away ;-) We're not allowed to burn anything in
fireplaces around here. :-(

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com"
wrote:

Maybe you can buy some carbon credits from some third world country
that has a good allocation from the new world government but has no
infrastructure yet to generate much carbon on their own. Zimbabwai or
Nambia come to mind, they could use the cash.

Oh wait, Obama hasn't had his cap-and-trade and world government
budget passed yet. Maybe next year.

And your plan is what? I suppose you would have voted for Bush again.

Nucular Reaction wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com"
wrote:

Maybe you can buy some carbon credits from some third world country
that has a good allocation from the new world government but has no
infrastructure yet to generate much carbon on their own. Zimbabwai or
Nambia come to mind, they could use the cash.

Oh wait, Obama hasn't had his cap-and-trade and world government
budget passed yet. Maybe next year.

And your plan is what? I suppose you would have voted for Bush again.

My plan is to agree with everything Obama says or does because thank God
he isn't Bush. Yep, that's my plan....

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I am not a Bush defender, I am a tax hater and a liberty lover.

I think it really sucks that governments just pick a thing and tax it.
This cap-and-trade crap will tax our industries into the ground while
China and others not only keep freely trashing our planet but also
sell credits from the regions of wasteland where they haven't
developed any industry yet.

Maybe our government will start taxing the generation of sawdust of
various species because until we woodworkers liberate it from it's
storage in a board where it is safely compressed and kept from
becoming an irritant to some people it is of no harm. But once we have
expanded it into sawdust, we should pay a tax to offset the cost to
society for our injurious behavior.

On Mar 17, 1:52*pm, Nucular Reaction wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com"

wrote:
Maybe you can buy some carbon credits from some third world country
that has a good allocation from the new world government but has no
infrastructure yet to generate much carbon on their own. Zimbabwai or
Nambia come to mind, they could use the cash.

Oh wait, Obama hasn't had his cap-and-trade and world government
budget passed yet. Maybe next year.

And your plan is what? I suppose you would have voted for Bush again.

In article , wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:55 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

I've never done any woodworking with it -- but it makes *damn* good firewood.
If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I'd be happy to take it for that
purpose.

About 2,000 miles away ;-)

Too far for me to bother bringing a trailer, I guess. g

We're not allowed to burn anything in
fireplaces around here. :-(

People's Republic of California?

(Doug Miller) writes:
In article , wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:55 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

I've never done any woodworking with it -- but it makes *damn* good firewood.
If you're anywhere near Indianapolis, I'd be happy to take it for that
purpose.

About 2,000 miles away ;-)

Too far for me to bother bringing a trailer, I guess. g

We're not allowed to burn anything in
fireplaces around here. :-(

People's Republic of California?

Fires and fireplaces are legal in California. Some municipalities no
longer allow fireplaces in new construction (but that's not state-wide)
and some areas forbid burning on nights when there is an inversion layer
(10 or so nights per winter) (also not state-wide).

soctt

"Scott Lurndal" wrote:

Fires and fireplaces are legal in California. Some municipalities
no
longer allow fireplaces in new construction (but that's not
state-wide)
and some areas forbid burning on nights when there is an inversion
layer
(10 or so nights per winter) (also not state-wide).

An even larger threat is posed by the possibility of an errant spark
during fire season.

You can have a 10,000 acre brush fire in a heart beat, especially if
the winds are blowing.

Lew

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That is a good idea.

wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

On Mar 17, 11:57*pm, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:
Common Uses
Baskets
Boxes and crates
Broom handles
Brush backs & handles
Brush backs & handles
Building materials
Cabinetmaking
Carvings
Decorative plywood
Flooring
Food containers
Furniture
Handles: general
Interior construction
Interior trim
Moldings
Plywood
Pulp/Paper products
Sporting Goods
Tables
Textile equipment
Toys
Turnery
Veneer
Veneer: decorative

Easy to saw, very easy to glue. Good results in Moulding. *Very Stable.

Easy to work with hand tools. Fair to good results with turning or some report easy.

That is a good idea.

wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

If so, who might want it?

The trunk is about 2-3 feet across near the bottom. It looks like
there might be some interesting burl-like pieces in several places.

A LOT like poplar. Watch the bugs.

On 17 Mar, 01:05, wrote:
It looks like we are going to have to a large horse chestnut tree
taken out. Is the wood good for anything?

Sweet chestnut yes, horse chestnut not so good.

It's OK. It's not terrible, but it's not good either. It's usable for
most things, but there's always something that's better suited, better
looking, or better lasting. You'd use it if you have it, but you
wouldn't seek it out. It's also a bit variable and much depends on
your individual tree.

(I'm in the UK, your local climate and species might change this)

As to carving it, I'd expect it to be workable but quite hard going.
It's certainly not basswood.