wych elm ?

[steve.b]

Someone let me have this peice burr wich I managed to cut up and make the items in the picture, the thing is does anyone have any idea what timber it is, I have been told wych elm,

thanks steve

 

[CHJ]

Not handled any Wych Elm myself but it is very similar to the Exeter Elm I have so could well be.
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Well executed by the way, not the easiest of pieces to fashion by the look of it.

 

[steve.b]

yes they are similar, I just finished my pieces in oil, I want to try and get hold of another burr that is similar, the colours are really warm and look good, the natural edged bowl/vase on the left was a bit tricky I got it down to a wall thickness of about 2 mil but I didnt want to push my luck any further.

steve

 

[Paul.J]

I don't know wych wood it is Steve :lol: ,but you've done a good job on it.Three nice pieces there.Lovely colours.
Paul.J.

 

[duncanh]

I've been told that wych elm has green streaks and some of the elm that I've turned in the past has had this.
According to Mark Baker's book Wood for Woodturners - wych elm is light to mid-umber with a greenish tinge or green streaking although this varies a lot and is sometimes absent. Apparently the grain is finer and straighter than English elm and I think that's what I've seen. It does sometimes form burrs.
The book has no mention of Exeter elm but according to Wikipedia it's a cultivar of Wych elm.

So, if you can see green in the wood it's probably Wych elm, if not then it might or might not be

Duncan

 

[PowerTool]

Only had one piece of wych elm,but it had distinct green bits in it:-

Think it was from Devon Woodturning

P.S. Welcome to the forum,Steve,and nice work

Andrew

 

[steve.b]

I cant find any green in the wood , and it certainly looks nothing like the piece put on by Andrew, so I am geussing that mine is not wych elm. maybee one day I will find another piece.

steve

 

[Bodrighy]

Haven't got a clue what wood that is but you have made some really nice pieces from it. The first bowl in particular must have had your nerves on edge a bit 8-[

Pete

 

[steve.b]

Thank you for your kind comments on my work, the first bowl was indeed fragile but it was very enjoyable to turn,
on a completely different note ,below hopefully is picture of a small bowl turned out of cherry, this was turned by a friend of mine and she turned it completely herself, with only a few hours prior instruction from myself, she is of course now completely hooked.

steve

 

[JTO]

Wych Elm, so I'm told, is usually found growing near water and has a straighter grain than Common Elm, perhaps because it grows faster, being near water.
I have some elms to come down soon, before the dreaded disease returns. They aren't very big, 8" diameter at the most. They are growing close to a stream! Not sure what I am allowed to do with them under the regulations.
I might be able to get some fairly straight c8 foot lengths out of them if anyone is interested.
I thought they might be good for wagon shafts, but I've been told they will be too heavy. Certainly tough stuff! All the local flat-bottomed boats used to be made of it, and coffins of course.

 

[pete honeyman]

I thought Wych Elm was another name for the Scots Elm - a bit less prone to the dutch disease - and has the characteristic green streaks as here

Pete II

 

[JTO]

You might be right!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wych_Elm