Beech trunk for sale

[agg221]

A friend of Sir Brooke?

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

 

More acquaintance - I had dinner with him last year when we were both guests of Countess Sondes and had a long discussion about elms.

 

Alec

[Arbtech Tree Services]

More acquaintance - I had dinner with him last year when we were both guests of Countess Sondes and had a long discussion about elms.

 

Alec

 

Took out nearly a hundred dead ones for him on one road in March last year, a nice addition to the log pile - should have milled some really.

 

Some of that milled Beech was left there for the carpenter (my Father-in-Law) to make a commemorative bench from.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[Ilnumero]

Beech says to me - furniture carcasses, school desks, lovely hot fire!

 

I would take beech over any other timber for the fire.

 

As to its value and desireability, it seems to be out of favour nowadays. I had a superb beech stem, 4'6 dia, about 6 tonnes, couldn't get anyone interested so it's all ringed up for next winter's stove fuel. I have another 15 ton load to pick up as I couldn't find a buyer for any of that either.

 

I do like it as a woodworking timber though and I have several tons of spalted that I'm sawing into turning blanks, so maybe that's its future - let it go mouldy for a year and then sell it.

[Brushcutter]

I did a 1920s beech plantation final thinning a few years ago. All around 25" or so nice and straight too. Bit of squirrel damage so wouldn't have made top veneer logs. We cut 4 ish m bits and the whole lot went for firewood because nobody wanted them for timber. Sad really but at least it was used for something.

[Timber Man]

I did a 1920s beech plantation final thinning a few years ago. All around 25" or so nice and straight too. Bit of squirrel damage so wouldn't have made top veneer logs. We cut 4 ish m bits and the whole lot went for firewood because nobody wanted them for timber. Sad really but at least it was used for something.

 

Veneer logs?

[se7enthdevil]

if you are questioning what that means it's a term used for logs that are of a high enough quality to be peeled for various veneer purposes. some can be decorative and some can be structural.

[Timber Man]

if you are questioning what that means it's a term used for logs that are of a high enough quality to be peeled for various veneer purposes. some can be decorative and some can be structural.

 

No I was questioning the process of veneering,..i have shipped a lot of timber for veneer ,.mostly yew,but I can honestly say that in 40 odd years in the trade beech is a new one on me.

[farmer rod]

No I was questioning the process of veneering,..i have shipped a lot of timber for veneer ,.mostly yew,but I can honestly say that in 40 odd years in the trade beech is a new one on me.

 

I stand to be corrected, but I think a lot of plywood comes with beech faces.

[se7enthdevil]

beech ply is fairly common as far as i know.

 

someone i know who makes skittle alleys for pubs and clubs uses only beech ply and i think it's pure beech ply 7 or 9 laminates.

[Brushcutter]

Veneer logs?

 

As far as I'm aware goes for plywood and also some fancy faced engineered timbers.