Having a large magnolia tree in the front lawn, I burn a LOT of branch wood every year...
Since it's been too warm for a fire lately, i saw a stack of freshly cut "twigs" and put one on the lathe out of curiosity.. couldn't have been more than 1 1/2" diameter and off the tree a week..
It seemed to turn ok and was very white.. didn't sand very well, but it was green.. *lol*
Anyway, I did a few spindles to decorate the kindling pile and turned a few foot long sections for "blanks for something", which I put in paper bags..
I've been watching the spindles in the kindling pile for 3 or 4 days now and so far no splitting or obvious warping.. weird..
Is this a common thing with magnolia, or did I just pick a lucky couple of branches?? If I turn green plum, almond, pine, etc. and don't immediately bag it, it's cracked badly by the next morning..
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