Elder

[Khriss]

Clogs - make clogs out of it  traditional wood fr that, k

[Billhook]

Back in the nineties some jobsworth came out to inspect some of our TPO copses and listed elder (not alder) as one of the protected species in the copse!

[Stubby]

30 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Clogs - make clogs out of it  traditional wood fr that, k

Fender Stratocaster bodies when they had run out of swamp ash .

Edited February 27, 2018 by Stubby

[openspaceman]

42 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Alder has around 60% of the dry mass of Beech

That would make it the same basic density as spruce yet I would have put it up with scots pine. If I find some I'll do some measurements.

[felixthelogchopper]

17 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Fender Stratocaster bodies when they had run out of swamp ash .

Used to be the charcoal of choice for gunpowder too, IIRC.

[openspaceman]

37 minutes ago, felixthelogchopper said:

Used to be the charcoal of choice for gunpowder too, IIRC.

...and alder buckthorn for the fuses apparently. Possibly why the army decided on Aldershot

Edited February 27, 2018 by openspaceman
missed off letter