Question on wood

We are taking down a stand of Osage (hedgeapple) trees at the back of our property. My wife was looking at the logs and the color of the woood and commented that the yellowish color matched some set of dishes she uses when entertaining, and perhaps a set of small turned bowls for guests to carry around peanuts, etc. might be nice to have.

I told he that the wood may not be the same color after drying and turning, and I was not sure of its qualities that may lend itself to turning.

So, can anyone tell me about this wood - is it a good gandidate for turning ? If so, green or let it dry ? Also is there anything in the sap that would be toxic to people ?

Thanks for any and all replies.

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Jungle Jim
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The best thing to do would be to tell us your address and a time when no one is at home. That way we can remove all the Osage for you.

You have some great green turning wood there. Not only superb for making bowls, plates and spoons, etc. But also its hard and tough enough to make mallets and wedges. If you let it dry it becomes much harder to turn. The small amount I have has been cross cut and made into pens. I never heard of any toxity associated with Osage ( I've never heard of a lot of other things also ), but those hedgeapples sur are sticky and are supposed to keep bugs away.

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Carl McCarty

It is a great wood but don't turn it dry as it is like turning concrete. Wood turns brown with exposure it UV rays. Use several coats of ArmorAll UV protestant to retard color change.

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Art Ransom

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robo hippy

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