Greenheart - what do you know about it?

[Daniël Bos]

A wee jaggy bit of wood stuck in your finger:001_smile:

 

Big splinters, mate

 

Thank you, thank you!

 

Google taught me the same, should have tried google first:blushing:

[Rich2484]

Depends on what they used to treat the wood with, I know creosote has now been changed to a substitute as it is toxic to wildlife, if they are years old then it would have been treated with something that now would be banned, I know pallets can't burn as they give off poisons gas.

 

Advertise it as it is and see what happens. Now there are smoke controlled zones you don't want the enviro cops knocking on your door.

[coppiceer]

Saw a channel 4 program "Grand Designs" where a couple where renovating an ex-lifeboat station to live in. The timber structure was made out of this wood. They had to cut the rot out of some of the timbers in order to reuse them. The circular saw blades needed replacing every 20 minutes whilst cutting this wood; instead of the normal 2 weeks for Larch. So its pretty tough stuff.

[fergusonforestry]

Depends on what they used to treat the wood with, I know creosote has now been changed to a substitute as it is toxic to wildlife, if they are years old then it would have been treated with something that now would be banned, I know pallets can't burn as they give off poisons gas.

 

Advertise it as it is and see what happens. Now there are smoke controlled zones you don't want the enviro cops knocking on your door.

 

im sure one of the things with the wood is it doesnt require treatment?

[Rich2484]

Not sure, but you never know what they used to do 20 odd years ago.

[twmarriott]

green heart won;t be treated, its hard and full of sillica so will blunt anything quick, i'd buy some as i've made sluice gates for a water mill out of it before, horrid to work and cut, dust is worrse than mdf (carsenogenic) and toxic hence nasty splinters. to buy new its around 40-90£ cube....dependant on section

[Lee Winger]

I spent two days cutting up Greenheart pier pilings 20 feet down a hole, a tunnelling machine found it when building a new sewage system, the machine could bore through granite but not Greenheart lol, bloody hard stuff to cut up I know that..

[Rob D]

I'm going to re saw it and see how it goes.... but what I've sawn so far half has shake but half comes out beautifully.... no knots knots or anything.

 

Apparently it planes up easily despite it's density.

 

Will post some pics up as I go.... thanks for the replies.

[Rob D]

Sent an e-mail to TRADA the experts on timber ref selling as firewood - they said 'odd choice for firewood but yes it's fine to use'

 

Which is handy as the pile I have a good third of it will be firewood in the end. Not had much more time to mill any but am going to do a load for a floor for my brother in his cellar....

[twmarriott]

I'm going to re saw it and see how it goes.... but what I've sawn so far half has shake but half comes out beautifully.... no knots knots or anything.

 

Apparently it planes up easily despite it's density.

 

Will post some pics up as I go.... thanks for the replies.

 

it will plane up but you'll need to sharpen you blades....

it will blunt them very quickley, similar to your chain.

i once had to re saw a load for a chap, couldn't touch it with the band mill so used the circular rack in the end, and charged for lots of teeth!