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Thread: English Elm
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28th March 2018, 10:05 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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English Elm
Has anyone turned English Elm? My sister is about to have one heavily pruned or removed and I'm keen to know how much to keep!!!
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28th March 2018, 10:23 PM #2Intermediate Member
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English Elm ( or any Elm for that matter ) is a beautiful timber, magnificent grain and great to work. It sands well and takes most finishes. I had great success using Rustins Danish oil and often make the first coat equal mix of a jarrah stain wit the oil and subsequent coats of just oil. The timber is brown colour when the tree is first cut and this process returns the dry timber to his colour. Enjoy some beautiful wood
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28th March 2018, 11:24 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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thanks peeps, i'll keep on top of it
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30th March 2018, 08:27 AM #5
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30th March 2018, 07:06 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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I'm looking forward to it or some of it coming down
This is probably asking too much but can anyone identify the Eucalyptus in the foreground of this picture? Firstly just confirming it is 2 different trees and the smaller one on the left would be?????? It does have a yellowish tinge but I'm not thinking yellow box.
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1st April 2018, 09:13 AM #7Member
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This is a sample of elm which came from a tree in the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne. Size 570mm x 95mm
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13th April 2018, 08:23 AM #8
As an English man, I say keep any of it big enough to turn. Yes it has a great colour and grain, but it is also tolerant of wet conditions and has an interlocking grain structure that makes it great for hubs and rotating items.
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10th July 2018, 07:07 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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10th July 2018, 08:00 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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Some nice looking wood there BT. If it were me I would be cutting those round logs into turning blanks as soon as I could to minimise splitting. Can see a couple of cracks developing through the heart now.
TonyYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. ~Oscar Wilde
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10th July 2018, 08:28 PM #11
Nice stash there BT,take as much as you can !
Don, t forget to seal asap !Cheers smiife
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10th July 2018, 08:37 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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sawn and sealed
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