Any one know where to get pear wood or apple wood that has been air dried ready for turning?
Randy
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Pear wood
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Better to turn it green. Finding anything dry that's also thick enough to turn is rather unlikely. Apple checks and twists from the moment it's cut.
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Pear is a lot of fun to turn...UNLESS it is dried. When it is wet it turns like butter, really smooth. When it is dry it is like iron. It can still be turned and sands very well but it gets really hard when it is dry.
Apple cracks almost as soon as you cut the tree down. I got a large apple tree not long ago and by the time I got it home it had some ring cracks that went the length of the logs. I didn't get anywhere near as many good pieces as I had anticipated. Best to turn it green.
Ted