Walnut

[elwapo]

I have had this walnut now for 16 months does anyone think its any good ?

 

Many thanks

[elwapo]

Firewood then lol

[Big J]

Not really worth the effort to mill it unless you have a pile of other stuff you want to mill.

 

It is nice and straight and there is little shake, but the sapwood band is very wide. If it were me, I'd make the first cut so that it skimmed the top of the heartwood, mill through and through until you reached the end of the heartwood and stop. The top and bottom slabs will be very thick, but walnut sapwood is worthless except for firewood.

 

Jonathan

[elwapo]

Thanks for that! been reading your treads about Germany very good ! i am in germany now, an hour for bremen , my wife is german and my son is half:biggrin: we spend 2 months out here a year , best of luck !! its great would move in a heart beat !!

[Big J]

Thanks for that! been reading your treads about Germany very good ! i am in germany now, an hour for bremen , my wife is german and my son is half:biggrin: we spend 2 months out here a year , best of luck !! its great would move in a heart beat !!

 

Excellent! I've only been to Bremen once with some family friends when I was about 13 (I think). Very flat with big canals is what I remember.

 

My wife's parents are in Northampton too, so I can appreciate how much nicer it must seem over there. Northampton itself is a special kind of dive!

 

I'm not saying don't mill it, but unless you have a mill in for the day, it might not be worth it.

[Rob D]

As above!

 

 

If you had a plan for the wood then there's nothing wrong with it as such... a few planks from the middle would make good chopping board/platters...

 

 

But it's not a valuable piece of wood and not sellable.

[elwapo]

As above!

 

 

If you had a plan for the wood then there's nothing wrong with it as such... a few planks from the middle would make good chopping board/platters...

 

 

But it's not a valuable piece of wood and not sellable.

 

Thanks for you time and happy new year sir !

[elwapo]

Excellent! I've only been to Bremen once with some family friends when I was about 13 (I think). Very flat with big canals is what I remember.

 

My wife's parents are in Northampton too, so I can appreciate how much nicer it must seem over there. Northampton itself is a special kind of dive!

 

I'm not saying don't mill it, but unless you have a mill in for the day, it might not be worth it.

 

Yes very very flat !! i love mountains would love to find work in arb in the south of germany, just not sure how it works there !

[Rhob the Log]

On the subject of, ahem, worth milling, here's a log for the big boys out there!

 

 

Ok, so it was just a bit of fun on a rainy afternoon ...

[Rob D]

They will be great chopping boards - and you could get them dry for the summer