Is it worth anything?

[arbaholic]

Laburnem! ( Think thats how you spell it). Just wondered if it has any real worth to a wood turner? . . .

[skyhuck]

Laburnem! ( Think thats how you spell it). Just wondered if it has any real worth to a wood turner? . . .

 

They will want it, but won't want to pay you.

[tommer9]

They love Laburnum, but as Dave says, they dont seem to value any wood.......unless they are selling it that is. LOL Keep it in as big pieces as you can. As long as it is big enough to have dark heartwood they will use it- even the small bits will go for light pulls and pen blanks.

[arbaholic]

Thats what ive been told by some, then others will tell you its gold dust! I just been building up a little stack of it and now need to either flog it or do something as its starting to get in the way.

 

Will phone a few wood turners and see how it goes. Just wondered what others experiences where!

 

Has anyone sold a laburnem log for a decent price?. . .

[tommer9]

I sold a dry one for about £30 recently. It was about 2' long and about 9" diameter, but had a split in it. A local turnery supplier sells 8" long 3" diameter logs for about a fiver each roughly, and they arent that dry...

[treequip]

It's worth doing.

 

I had a stockpile of yew and laburnum that I sold on the bay. A well packed crate of about a cube made more than £250.00 and the buyer sent a carrier for it.

 

Andy

[arbaholic]

It's worth doing.

 

I had a stockpile of yew and laburnum that I sold on the bay. A well packed crate of about a cube made more than £250.00 and the buyer sent a carrier for it.

 

Andy

 

Nice little turn around! Thats re-installed abit of hope. The pile I have at tthe moment is minimum of 8 inches round to max off just over a foot. Lenghs are roughly 2.5 feet long. Some of it has a split present but i havent seen that much laburnem that doesnt have a split of some sort.

 

i might do similar. Account for the whole pile accuratly in terms of volume then advertise it. Considerin i got payed to cut it down im sure

ill make a profit of some sort! :-)

 

Cheers

[MR TREEBUS]

It's worth doing.

 

I had a stockpile of yew and laburnum that I sold on the bay. A well packed crate of about a cube made more than £250.00 and the buyer sent a carrier for it.

 

Andy

 

Mmmmm, i have quite a large amount of Laburnum thats been dry stored for over 2 years,anybody any contacts as to who might want it?

[treequip]

Mmmmm, i have quite a large amount of Laburnum thats been dry stored for over 2 years,anybody any contacts as to who might want it?

 

I used to stockpile it for an elderly chap who would call by every 6 months or so. He up and died so I ended up with a pretty big amount on my hands. eBay worked for me but you can try

 

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Andy

[nepia]

Laburnem! ( Think thats how you spell it). Just wondered if it has any real worth to a wood turner? . . .

 

 

Firstly, keep your stock out of the sun and drying very slowly (to prevent cracking) but you probably know this already.

 

A couple of weeks ago I had two recently died trunks 5' long (garden pollards) by 7". The black hearts constituted 3/4 of the diameter. A well known woodturner looked at me with confusion on his face when I said 'give me £25' for one of them. B*gger; he'd have easily given me £40. The wood nearly broke the sound barrier being whipped off the back of the pickup.

 

So, yes, laburnum in good condition is worth money. Fill yer boots!