Thread: Hawthorn

Turns very well. I've used it for tool handles from the branch. When I was a kid we used it for catapult forks. It's tough and we used to dry it in the oven - in the days when the oven was next to the fire. Takes detail well.
Cheers,
Jim

I like the stuff we have trees growing on my parents farm but I'm not allowed to cut it down. Some of my first turnings are out of it. The borers love it to if not stored properly

Originally Posted by wheelinround

...Seems a roadside pick today......

For some reason this gave me images of a dead rodent(road kill)?

Originally Posted by Christos

For some reason this gave me images of a dead rodent(road kill)?

Turned rats probably would be ok as long as they're not green.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by chuck1

I like the stuff we have trees growing on my parents farm but I'm not allowed to cut it down. Some of my first turnings are out of it. The borers love it to if not stored properly

The one I was using had had white ants in the roots during the drought.
Cheers,
Jim

Ask Sydney, they did a good job

Thanks all for the variety of comments.


Christos.....you need to get out of the city where road kill is more likely to be roo's, rabbits, possum, wombat's, cows, snakes and foxes.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Thanks all for the variety of comments.


Christos.....you need to get out of the city where road kill is more likely to be roo's, rabbits, possum, wombat's, cows, snakes and foxes.

Spot on. These city types just don't have the variety of food we have up here in the country.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by jimbur

Spot on. These city types just don't have the variety of food we have up here in the country.
Cheers,
Jim

Hmmmmmm... road kill sushi!

Hi Wheelin,
I agree, it is absolute Cream to Turn & so is the Colour.
One thing wrong with it is, although a kind of weed, you hardly ever see a dead branch.
But it does dry out quickly. I find these weedy trees are some of the best Woods for Turning going.
Of Course, who wood complain about Camphor Laurel, Cotoneaster, Hawthorn, those prickly trees Osage Orange & Ti Tree, Box Thorn, Gauze Bush, & the list goes on.

Must take photo before neighbour uses chainsaw on it and I use the BS to cut it up further.

Edited Here's the photos as you can see one side is eaten away and cracks about also as long as i get enough to make something out of even if just drop spindles for LOML.

Thats a lot bigger than the Hawthorn we get down here in Tassie. I am sure there are different species or perhaps what I think of as being Hawthorn is something else! It is used a lot for barriers and along fences on rural properties. Lots of thin branches and sometimes the trunks get to a diameter of perhaps say a loaf of bread.

As already mentioned, it is very nice to turn. Nice tight grain and I have seen some wine flute shapes turned, by someone with much more skill than myself, very thin with very narrow stem. Hard wearing too from what I have seen of it.

I really only associate Hawthorn with hedging, never gave a thought to turn it, be interested to see how it looks.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Must take photo before neighbour uses chainsaw on it and I use the BS to cut it up further.

Edited Here's the photos as you can see one side is eaten away and cracks about also as long as i get enough to make something out of even if just drop spindles for LOML.

In the second photo, on the lower right of the log you might have enough thickness to get a bowl. I think there is some spectacular figure there.

Please show us what comes out of the log.