I buy trees in the green from local private landowner and make clocks, small drawer sets, nothing structural in the sense that it supports human weight etc.
I have oak, beech, cedar, ash, hornbeam, chestnut, walnut and when the trees come down hopefully cherry and other similar hardwoods. I split and dry it all myself; no problem.
However I would like to identify the species if possible as I've read in various places that you can get 'turkey oak' etc. which isn't that much use - and I want to see what 'not much use' means - can I make clocks and none structural drawers etc. with it?
I don't want to see if it is Oak, ash etc. as I can tell that it is, it is which species of Oak etc. that I'm interested in. I have the timber and some bark but no leaves.
I have tried to follow links in previous posts on here, but they do to pages that no longer exist, and as my question is a little different thought I'd ask a new one.
I have oak, beech, cedar, ash, hornbeam, chestnut, walnut and when the trees come down hopefully cherry and other similar hardwoods. I split and dry it all myself; no problem.
However I would like to identify the species if possible as I've read in various places that you can get 'turkey oak' etc. which isn't that much use - and I want to see what 'not much use' means - can I make clocks and none structural drawers etc. with it?
I don't want to see if it is Oak, ash etc. as I can tell that it is, it is which species of Oak etc. that I'm interested in. I have the timber and some bark but no leaves.
I have tried to follow links in previous posts on here, but they do to pages that no longer exist, and as my question is a little different thought I'd ask a new one.