Re: "A start" with treen

by Ploshkin 17th March 2014, 9:53 pm

Wow, that's a smart mug tree. Is hornbeam a softwood?

by Chilli-head 17th March 2014, 10:25 pm

This is the mk2. The first one, in greengage wood, I haven't shown you because it was a bit of a disaster - it distorted badly on drying.

Hornbeam is a hardwood, often used in hedges, in part because although the leaves die in winter, they stay on the tree, so provide a screen. Looks a bit like beech. This was a fair sized tree that came down in the storms.

As a wood, it turns nicely when green. When dry it is very hard - traditionally it was used for windmill gear teeth ! It is also used for wear resistant parts for wooden planes. I like the ivory white colour, and it polishes to a good finish.

I hear that we have some of a walnut tree for the next meeting Very Happy

by freebird 18th March 2014, 8:13 am

For some reason, pictures take forever to load. When I read this yesterday, I got fed up with waiting for the pic, and minimized the window to do something else on the computer. Forgot all about it then - just found it still minimized this morning!

Another nice piece CH - can I be in your family please?

by Ploshkin 18th March 2014, 1:36 pm

I thought it was just me with the pictures taking several minutes to load. I have, in the past, found some posts & replies rather confusing as I didn't know there was a picture attached.

That's really interesting about the hornbeam, CH. It was the colour & lack of markings that struck me as unusual. I didn't know about the windmills - any water mills round here with wooden gears are oak I think.

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