Alder buckthorn wood

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curlywurly76

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Has anyone made use of Alder buck thorn wood in any projects ?. I would be interested to know of its uses in wood working history.
Most of the information out there seems to treat it as a weed and doesn't address its potential uses.
It seems to be a very strong wood and of good colour.
I have used some but never fully explored its full potential, it seems to cut and plane well , and take varnish well, not sure about gluing .
 
Are you talking about alder or elder or alder buckthorn? Alder is very usable- it looks very like cherry but is softer. Elder is marginal- I've used small bits for boxes. Alder buckthorn is a garden shrub and I have no idea whether it gets large enough to be useful.
 
Defiantly Alder buck thorn , its like a large shrub , almost a tree , small white flowers and i think black berries at this time of year.
From my limited usage it works well and is quite hard a nice colour to it
 
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