Apple wood needed

[alex_w]

Thank you,

 

Do you have any email addresses I can pass on please?

[littlerob]

who email address you are looking for that time help

[alex_w]

I'm looking for the email address of someone who has some that would like to sell it to the mill,

 

Many thanks

 

Alex

[aswales]

Might be worth trying a specialist timber merchants such as John Boddy of Boroughbridge if you don't have any luck finding any seasoned apple wood from forum members.

[Marko]

Apple is used for the cog teeth on a windmill, not for the body of the cog. It is a dense wood with good resistance to wear in this kind of scenario.

 

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[coppiceer]

Hi

 

I've been contacted by someone looking for some apple:

 

"Hi there

 

I am from a windmill in Derbyshire, run by a Charity, and we are seeking some pieces of seasoned apple wood to make cogs for one of our gears.

 

We need to obtain sufficent to make about 15 cogs each made from approx 6 1/2" long x 5" wide x 2" thick timber , as blanks , from which the cogs will be carved. Of course longer pieces we could cut would be acceptable ! One of our members can make the cogs."

 

Any ideas anyone?

 

I am in NW Leics. and will be heaviliy pruning one or 2 crab-apples this winter. Obviously the wood will not be seasoned, but if the mill is interested someone could come and select wood for future use and let me have a couple of bags of flour.

[Crazy Cutter]

Apple is used for the cog teeth on a windmill, not for the body of the cog. It is a dense wood with good resistance to wear in this kind of scenario.

 

Hornbeam as well.

[twmarriott]

apple, thorn, crab, cherry or beech will work, made 100s of them before, it needs to be bone dry if you want apple i've seasoned boards but not that many really dry

i'm assuming its for heage windmill?? thats the only one in derbys. operating?

elm is used for the actual gear i had some of big J for a windmill gear i made last year. that was 8' diameter with 109 hornbeam coggs.