Online resource for Elm

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My front yard, about a year ago. You could have had the entire Siberian Elm tree, if desired.

Max

Mike

Are you looking for information about the species or looking to buy some?

If you want information about the species you may go to any of the following:

Ray

PS: you may also do a google search!

I'm looking to buy some. thanks!

Mike

I have some small-diameter elm logs (they were where my driveway to the shop is now), and a huge backlog of other work to do (like get the shop closed in before winter). Where are you at, and what are you looking for? Big elm is a bit on the scarce side due to dutch elm disease, though you can sometimes find a great deal when one of the few big trees that's managed to hang on gives up the ghost. I'd guess what I have cut is in the 4-6 inch range, long log, unprocessed in any way thus far, and located in Vermont.

I'm making kitchen utensils for Christmas presents this year and I'm turning blanks that are 1 - 1 1/2 inches x 2 1/2 inches about 12-14" long. Depends on the utensil, but I've found (through painstaking cooking research :) ) that a longer handle is more versatile, so some are 12" and some are 14". The handle turns well at 1 - 1 1/2 inches and the end is about the perfect size at 2 - 2 1/2 inches. I run the grain along the piece for strength and the grain pattern on Walnut looks good, and I'd love to see some of the red in the elm come out.

That said, I'm in Colorado and I've had lots of offers emailed to me (thanks all!!!) but shipping seems to be the detriment here.

Of course at the sizes I'm talking about above, you can get lots of blanks out of 1 log, I just need to find the log.

Incidentially, I lived in Minnesota growing up and I can't tell you the number of trees my father and I cut down due to dutch elm disease and oak wilt. I now cringe at the thought of burning all of that beautiful wood. If only I knew I'd become a woodworker I could have had a ton of white oak, red oak, and Elm for projects. Oh well!!! :)

Have you turned any elm recently? Maybe it depends on the specific tree, but the couple of trees I've gotten wood from have a very distinct odor that is distasteful in the couple kitchen stirrers and flippers I've made from it. Just my 2 cents.

I have tons of elm at the right price green.

That is why I am glomming onto every bit of ash I can right now. The emerald borer has really 'done a job' on Michigan ash trees and the wood is plentiful now but will be very scarce in the not-too-distant future.

Bill