Walnut in a back garden

[dave k]

Did this job on monday, the walnut tree had come down a week or so ago doing a fair bit of damage to the owners and next door garden but the tree had been planted by a famous Irish botanist Augustust Henri ( has any of that have the correct spelling !) so the owner of the tree was keen to have something done with the timber. It was decided that I would slab it up in 2 1/2 boards ready to be resawn. I should also mention that it was in a back garden in the centre of Dublin with a narrow side passage only 30" wide. I was hoping to get two 8' set of slabs and some turning blanks out of it but the rot in the stem only allowed some 8's and some 5' slabs.

 

[Holy Mackerel]

Nice looking lumber! Great table top stock

 

[mtngun]

Thanks for the pics.

 

[mdotis]

Thanks

Walnut such nice wood with such great color. I just love working with it.

Thanks again for the pictures.

 

[smokinj]

That sapwood is very thick.

 

[john taliaferro]

Nice wood , but reading your signature ,well nice saws

 

[pwoller]

That sap wood is thick! I've never seen it that thick on the walnuts here.

 

[markvanzee]

nice equipment

gotta love the old stihls

 

[pwoller]

nice equipment

gotta love the old stihls

And the old Huskys!

 

[dave k]

Yes the sap wood is very thick a result of the very fast growth climate her in Ireland.It was a shame that the heart of the tree had a fair bit of rot, on the first lenth of 12'about 5' was rotted out but will still give some turning blanks.
I felt sorry for the two guy's rebuilding the wall next to me having an 090 and 2101XP in your ear all day was not what they had planned I'm sure !
Thank's for the positive comments.

 

[SDB777]

Yes the sap wood is very thick a result of the very fast growth climate her in Ireland.

Definitely not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Ireland....'fast growth climate'. Normally someone would think that 'fast growth' and something like the Amazon climate to be fast....

Regardless, it'll make some really nice turning blanks. And you might be able to market them as 'amazingly white sapwood/black walnut' or something. And the best thing about bowl blanks....they can be sold 'green' and turned right away! Rough-out the shape, dry, re-mount and finish!



Thanks for sharing the wood from Ireland!
Scott

 

[dave k]

I see where you are coming from but of course I refer to relative to many parts of Europe we have a fast growth, wish we did have an amazon type growth as us tree men would be nice and busy !!

 

[betterbuilt]

I see where you are coming from but of course I refer to relative to many parts of Europe we have a fast growth, wish we did have an amazon type growth as us tree men would be nice and busy !!

We have the same wide sap band in some of our walnut. There was a post that I couldn't find that had a small black center the rest was walnut. I'm thinking it was the post with the walnut legs, maybe someone else can drag it up. I personally am always looking for walnut with reds or dark black lines.

I had a friend that was clearing a horse pasture and the walnut was all sapwood. every time I see him I hear the same story about that walnut. I they were all the same milling would get pretty boring.

 

[discounthunter]

nice score. super contrast in the heart wood/sapp wood.that will make some nice looking projects.

 

[olyman]

Yes the sap wood is very thick a result of the very fast growth climate her in Ireland.It was a shame that the heart of the tree had a fair bit of rot, on the first lenth of 12'about 5' was rotted out but will still give some turning blanks.
I felt sorry for the two guy's rebuilding the wall next to me having an 090 and 2101XP in your ear all day was not what they had planned I'm sure !
Thank's for the positive comments.

that 090 was good for them--the sound of pure POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a mans saw!!!!