Ash tree's

[owdhamer]

As a very amateur woodturner when I have the chance was wondering if all condemned tree's will be burnt.

[sandyRoe]

After Dutch Elm Tree Disease they weren't burned. So maybe the Ash timber will be available for use.

[boxtops]

It's a crying shame, I love ash trees - will related trees like rowan be affected too?

[rowanwitch]

I thought I'd only got a cold coming....

Its likely the best of the wood will find its way onto the market

[HowardKennitby]

They probably will be burnt as this fungus is believed to be transmitted through the air. Dutch Elm disease is transmitted by a beetle.

[HowardKennitby]

just found this

http://www.thetimes.c...nt/article3584670.ece

[ethandron]

I was wondering about rowan trees too, boxy.
We need to plant a few trees where we had some leylandi taken down, rowans were top of the list but now I'm not sure ...

[rowanwitch]

they are closer to the rose family so may be ok I think the pinnate leaves make them look more closely related than they are

[Khandro]

Ash is not a very good wood for turning having an open grain, closer grained woods are better; fruit woods; apple and pear etc. Sycamore and beech turn well but are not very interesting in appearance unless the latter is 'spalted' ie has had a fungal attack that leaves a brown/ black figure through the centre of the tree. ( I could ramble on for hours!)

[owdhamer]

Please ramble khandro, just bought a mixed bag from Ockenden timber.

[Khandro]

owdhamer; Do you have some sort of project in mind or do you just want to practice and develop some skill ?

[owdhamer]

khandro ,I worked in engineering all my working life, and though I say it myself was good on the centre lathe. When I retired i started to make pretty rustic mini wheelbarrows,one thing I struggled with was the wheels, so i bought a cheap lathe, and away we went, all the family now has a wooden bowl,I find it an expensive but rewarding hobby,i dont charge for any work I do, so any cheap wood will help

[Khandro]

I was shown many years ago that for a wheel you need to turn the hub out of green, 3 day old elm, the spokes should be made from, 3 month old ash, for strength and flexibility, and the rim constructed from 3 year old oak. The mortises are chopped into the elm hub (elm doesn't split) so when the ash spokes are tenoned in, the 'green' hub shrinks and you can never get them out again, the metal tyre is put on the rim when it is hot and its shrinkage as it cool tightens the whole thing together, - marvellous really!

[owdhamer]

Way beyond me khandro, like I said rustic, not Wheelwright,where did the term wright originate, my paper's said on my job description Millwright.