Fruitwood

[philg]

Anyone local interested in fruit wood? I've got the option of 45 acres plum/apple(5000 +trees) some very old trees so a bit rotten but also some nice stuff there aswell if any interest I will be starting on them soon. As long as I can cover cost of my time/fuel with timber i'd be happy.

[agg221]

Don't suppose there's any pear or cherry in amongst them?

 

Alec

[farmer_ben]

Don't suppose there's any pear or cherry in amongst them?

 

Alec

 

Alec, I may have a bit of cherry coming up, what did you want it for? Im only down the rd from you, Stansfield.

[agg221]

Alec, I may have a bit of cherry coming up, what did you want it for? Im only down the rd from you, Stansfield.

 

I'm looking for reasonable sized cherry to mill. I eventually need to get together enough to make some bedroom furniture out of - wardrobe, chests of drawers etc. The bedrooms in our house are inserted into the roof (thatched so steep pitch) so I need to make custom furniture to fit against the slope. I fancy using cherry as it has a nice colour and grain but isn't too dark.

 

The original poster is quite near my in-laws, and I know there are some decent sized pears down that way, hence the original enquiry. I'm looking for one to mill for boards to eventually make an ebonized longcase clock case from in late C17 style.

 

In both cases, standards from old orchards would be an ideal size.

 

Alec

[Rob D]

Some pics and sizes wood be handy if you can... May be interested in a few butts if a good size.

[philg]

Some pics and sizes wood be handy if you can... May be interested in a few butts if a good size.

I'm going to start tomorrow so I'll take some pictures then. But I would imagine a few butts to Hampshire really is going to work out pretty expensive(thats why I've put local). I'll struggle to get lengths much more than 6ft which will make it pretty hard for transport.