Is apple wood any good for anything?

[Agi-Smash]

Evening all

Was down me field earlier and see one of the old apple trees has fell out of the saturated ground. Just wondering if apple wood is good for anything other than throwing a match at. I want to have a go at carving, would this be any good or will it split etc.

[se7enthdevil]

good as a craft wood but care needs to be taken during the drying process.

[agg221]

I wouldn't write the tree off unless you really don't want it anymore.

 

Either stand it back up, stake/guy well (depending on size) and possibly head it back quite hard to let it form a new head, or leave it lying, cut off the branches which will just be in the way and let it re-grow a new head lying on its side, using one of the branches as a new 'trunk'. Wisley had a lot blow over in '87 and they just stood them up and on they went. I did the same to some which blew over in '87, only I didn't get at them until '88/'89. These were big trees (about 70yrs old at the time) and we pushed them up with a car jack and an Acrow for want of anything else, then propped them. Only lost one which had virtually come out of the ground and had no roots left. They are surprisingly resilient.

 

Alec

[Gus McWilliam]

Good for tool handles, mallet heads, smoking and crafts. Its quite dense as well

[agrimog]

chipped, dried and sold for smoking meats, imparts a delicious tang to the meat

[Paul Jenks]

Apple | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

[ArthurBottlesworth]

Didn't they make gear teeth for water/wind mills with apple wood ?

[CHC]

I'm trying to get round to selling it as fire wood as we have a fruit farm and are replacing a load of the trees and have a lot of it lye about the place

[Peasgood]

Burns well once dry, takes over a year to dry.

[the village idiot]

I'm trying to get round to selling it as fire wood as we have a fruit farm and are replacing a load of the trees and have a lot of it lye about the place

 

 

Where are you based CHC. I know some guys who are always after apple wood to make charcoal with. Depending on distance they may be interested.