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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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Maxprop
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Leo Van Der Loo

characteristic

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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Maxprop

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

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Dave Balderstone

"Dave Balderstone"

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

LOL!

Yeah, my burn bin gets interesting too.

djb

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Dave Balderstone

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