What to do with Dogwood

It's just horrible. I'll drive right over from Beaverton and get rid of it for you.

In my limited experience with dogwood, it is fairly hard, close grained, cuts and sands well.I had trouble with cracking. BTW, I never realized that it got that large-most trees that I've seen rarly exceed 8 inches or so in diameter: is "dogwood" in the east and south different from that found on the west coast??

Kip Powers Rogers, AR

========================= Kip, I second that opinion. My Dad's place in N. Alabama has an dogwood that is over 50 years old (it was grown when we built the house in '47. I think it is the largest I've ever seen (canopy about 35 ft), and there is no way I could get a blank the size he's talking about. Max diameter is probably around 10-11 in. Of course they do have some BIG trees west of the Rockies! Maybe dogwood gets bigge there.

Ken Moon Webberville, TX

Check out these 2 dogwood bowls over at Sawmill Creek Woodturning Forum

Very nice! Thanks for directing me to it.

Yes, my street address. ;-) Bill

Pretty plain wood usually, turns very well, very shock resistant and therefore a good use would be mallet heads and anything else that get struck or hit upon like chisel handles, and yes used to be, weaving machine shuttles. I've got some old textile shuttles, I don't think they get used much anymore.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

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