Advise on Poplar

[Rob D]

Lovely piece of furniture Ian

[Ian]

Lovely piece of furniture Ian

 

Thanks.

 

Very nice indeed. I have seen Burr Poplar before (Lanarkshire hardwoods had a similar tree sawn up) and it's without a doubt lovely. Very rare though.

 

That is a board from Lanarkshire Hardwoods. I think there were several trees. I wish I had the funds to buy more of the tree...

 

Ian

[Rob D]

I had some black poplar with rippling in it... Really impressive looking wood...

 

 

I had oddles of the stuff in big butts but at the time space needed so was mainly firewooded... I should have milled more of it.... hindsight and all that!

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/alaskan-mill/45517-black-poplar-plank.html

 

 

 

[Peter]

A wood turner I used to sell to had some stunning pieces from a true native black poplar that blew over.

[wills-mill]

It's a great all round bit of timber for shed and workshop studwork, rafters and boarding. It also takes pressure treatment beautifully if you've a local plant.....

[cooks]

Thanks for all the replies. I have been away for a week. There is no market for the timber that i have, the owner wants to mill it at his cost because he can't stand the idea of leaving it lying on the floor once cut.

[Shane]

They used to use it for making matches, but that's quite a boring job milling it down to that size. 18 million cuts per but.

 

Ian - that looks so cool!