Catkin tree any good for woodwork?

[OM99]

As the title suggest is the wood from a catkin tree any good for wood working?

Cutting my tree off and before i get rid of it wanted to know if it can be used.

Oli

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Willow isn't much use for anything, really.
Edit - I'm thinking willow, but you probably mean hazel - which afaik isn't much use either.

 

[RobinBHM]

Unfortunately there are about a dozen uk trees with catkins. Would you know which one it is?

 

[RogerP]

Willow isn't much use for anything, really.
..............

Cricket bats, aspirins, trugs and baskets.

 

[OM99]

i think its the willow kind, got those in the spring and they go everywhere

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=catki ... 48hGq4I%3D

if its not good will use it as firewood


Oli

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Willow isn't much use for anything, really.
..............

Cricket bats, aspirins, trugs and baskets.

Aspirin's synthetic. And only salix caerulea alba's used for bats. Great if you need a trug, though.

 

[RogerP]

Willow isn't much use for anything, really.
..............

Cricket bats, aspirins, trugs and baskets.

Aspirin's synthetic. And only salix caerulea alba's used for bats. Great if you need a trug, though.

Of course I know but that's where it first came from and do we know the OP's tree isn't salix caerulea?

As a kid I lived near the Thames in Berkshire. A local farmer planted one of his meadows with "cricket bat willow", must have been 3 acres of them. They grew very well but we moved before they were harvested so I don't what the outcome was.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Actually, I got that wrong. It's Salix Alba caerulea. Caerulea is the sub species used for bats. By the bye.

 

[lurker]

i think its the willow kind, got those in the spring and they go everywhere

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=catki ... 48hGq4I%3D

if its not good will use it as firewood


Oli

If its willow it is carp firewood too !

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Down here catkins are hazel and pussy cat willows are willow.

Love the "cat" that gets put in automatically.

 

[AndyT]

i think its the willow kind, got those in the spring and they go everywhere

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=catki ... 48hGq4I%3D

if its not good will use it as firewood


Oli

If its willow it is carp firewood too !

But isn't the answer to make it into charcoal first?

Surely it's worth a few sleepless nights tending a smouldering clamp? :wink:

 

[brianhabby]

I don't know anything about the different species of willow other than that I was able to turn a very nice vase out of some. See this link.

regards

Brian

 

[Benchwayze]

i think its the willow kind, got those in the spring and they go everywhere

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=catki ... 48hGq4I%3D

if its not good will use it as firewood


Oli

it will still take root in your stove! :lol:

Actually I did believe they used some extract from willow to put into aspirin. Is it Salicylic acid?
I could be wrong...

 

[RogerP]

... see earlier posts.

 

[Benchwayze]

I see the substance is salicin...

Here's a link for anyone interested.
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/p ... 61.article

I'd say the willow is a pretty useful tree all things considered!

Cheers Roger. I thought you had it right. As Private Frazer would have said, 'I never doubted ye for an instant!' :lol:


John