Walnut Logs
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9 April 2017 at 7:36 am #310961
I have just had to have a couple of smallish walnut trees cut down because they were causing a problem on my property. (see photo with Stanley #4 for scale)
I’m hoping that I will be able to use the wood for something better than burning in my wood-burning stove, but have no experience of this kind of thing. Presumably it would have to be taken to a local saw-mill, but I don’t know if the logs are big enough to justify that.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
Steve
- This topic was modified 7 years ago by Steve Giles.
- This topic was modified 7 years ago by Steve Giles.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.9 April 2017 at 7:50 am #310965There’s very little valuable dark heartwood in the cut ends that I see. You probably would have to pay more at a sawmill than the wood is worth. Walnut trees have to get pretty big before they have any valuable dark wood in them. What heartwood you have will have the pith, which you don’t want to do much with.
But it might be fun to cut and split the wood yourself for some greenwood projects, (small bowls and spoons, or a couple stools.
9 April 2017 at 8:08 am #310966Thank you Larry. That’s not what I was hoping to hear, but looking on the bright side at least they are no longer posing a danger to my barn.
11 April 2017 at 8:05 pm #311019It would be interesting to find out, how “bad” the outer wood actually is. Often, such wood is discarded only, because it doesn’t look so nice.
Your logs migh be just the right size for a fun project: Shrink pots. You cut a piece of the log, hollow it out, make a groove for a bottom and fit a round bottom losely into that groove, then let it dry. It will dry much faster than a solid log. For details, check you youtube on “shrink pots”.
Dieter
11 April 2017 at 8:05 pm #311020You could cut it into usable lengths and split it into slabs and plane to shape. That would make the task not quite as daunting.
Start on one edge and split across the log instead of starting in the middle there may be something pretty insideI just did this very thing to a willow tree it is very straight grained and smooth cut some 2 in and 1-1/2 in slabs off it .
As an aside I checked it last week and it has made progress I cleaned one face with an axe and it is quite nice looking ..
I now have 6, 1-1/2 and 2 inch x24 inch boards 10 inches wide..I am thinking stool a la bodger- This reply was modified 7 years ago by deanbecker.
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