Fresh Cut Laburnum

[Random Orbital Bob]

Picking up on the Yew confused with Laburnum thread from last week, by an incredible coincidence a pal of mine called from an industrial estate today saying the tree surgeons were "mullering" everything in site....did I want some Laburnum, apple and oak.....Is his Holyness in the Vatican said I!!

So I thought what a jolly good idea it would be to get some pics of the fresh stuff and then we have bark etc covered. So here goes....really reminds me of walnut as I cut into it.....absolutely good enough to eat. Still only 38 years and it'll be ready for turning

 

[winemaker]

Looks very nice wood lucky you

 

[paulm]

Nice

 

[Vic Perrin]

You lucky b--- er

 

[Dalboy]

And to think that I chopped a Laburnum tree down and took it to the tip many years ago

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

well you would have wept.....I got there late today...my mate called when he realised what was going on. They had a massive industrial chipper into which everything was going. The trunks were being gobbled up by locals for firewood. The sacrilege that occurs to potentially fabulous turning blanks every day is truly horrendous. Luckily, I salvaged the larger butt material (due to its size) from their "waste" van!! That will of course give the most interesting grain and provide the greatest volume for bowl blanks.

 

[Grahamshed]

Thanks for the 'reference library' Bob, Very useful. Some of those pieces are going to make some fabulous looking turnings.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Yeah I was overjoyed when I saw that deep nutty brown of the heartwood. It just smacks of walnut doesn't it.

 

[Grahamshed]

It does. Just look at the grain on 'resize batch 8' You have got yo show us what you make with that bit.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

No probs Graham....have you got the requisite 3 years for it to air dry

 

[Grahamshed]

If the dementia doesn't get me first then another did I have a cup of tea here ?

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Half past 3

 

[KimG]

Wow that's pretty dark for fresh cut laburnum, it's usually more golden than that, you lucky boy!! (I have had an offer of some from about 20 miles away to be cut in the spring so I am looking forward to getting that!)

 

[Woodmonkey]

Seal the end grain as soon as poss Bob as it will start to crack for sure.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Already done it Had the tiny bit chainsaw'd within 10 mins of leaving my boot and the bigger logs I've left in the round for now and sealed the ends. Tomorrow I'll slice them into blanks for both spindle and bowl and treat the fresh cut surfaces. I think it was absolutely soaking wet due to the intense amount of moisture around...hence the deep walnutty colour.

 

[andersonec]

Yeah I was overjoyed when I saw that deep nutty brown of the heartwood. It just smacks of walnut doesn't it.

It will not dry brown like Walnut but will have a definite green tinge to it when finished.

Andy

 

[procell]

Very Nice I shall have to ask my tame tree surgeon to keep any back that he has to cut down.

 

[Robbo3]

Wow that's pretty dark for fresh cut laburnum, it's usually more golden than that, you lucky boy!! (I have had an offer of some from about 20 miles away to be cut in the spring so I am looking forward to getting that!)

I thought that was about the normal colour.
This is now some three years old & came from a neighbours garden.

Edit: & the colour hasn't changed.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

that's certainly identical to mine

 

[Robbo3]

The colour when treated with a couple of coats of Danish oil.