A small wood store.

[breffni]

Im in the city at the minute but cant wait to get back into the countryside!

[Baggy]

Hiya

 

 

 

It was when I found some of the Ray Meers youtube stuff on building birch bark canoes that I realised how tough and leathery the stuff can be. Cut up into manageable pieces and tacked down it should be good.

Sadly the birch bark here is not up to canoe building :-(

The Canadian (and maybe the scandanavian) is thicker, more flexible than ours (UK) with less faults.

 

 

 

Heck, I can't even remember which trees split straight!

Chestnut?

[breffni]

Does anyone know where i could get some straight pieces of sweet chestnut?

[pgkevet]

Hiya

Sadly the birch bark here is not up to canoe building :-(

The Canadian (and maybe the scandanavian) is thicker, more flexible than ours (UK) with less faults.

 

Knew that but figured the smaller shingle sized bits might be trimmable?

 

 

Chestnut?

 

Any others? I'm planning on putting some chestnut in 'cos it seems to be one that's missing from my woodland to be (purchase plodding through slowly)..but that'll be for future generations. Thinking about some walnut too if the ground is good enough..but that's just 'cos I like walnuts.

 

I'll get to do a full species survey later.

[Baggy]

Hiya

 

 

Knew that but figured the smaller shingle sized bits might be trimmable?

Sorry, eggs, sucking and granny come to mind :-(

 

I have only found bark locally that is suitable for combustion or making small knife sheaths

 

Any others?

There are probably plenty but experience is only with chestnut, used for bench and stool legs.

 

 

All the best

Mark

[pgkevet]

Hiya

 

Sorry, eggs, sucking and granny come to mind :-(

All the best

Mark

 

 

Fair enough..my expertise is mostly to do with removing testicles:lol:

[breffni]

Hey baggy where do you get your sweet chestnut? How did you cut the top?

[Baggy]

Hiya

 

Hey baggy where do you get your sweet chestnut? How did you cut the top?

 

The Chestnut log came from a friend and split easily into leg size bits, the top was "chainsaw milled" as you see it from an Oak trunk.