Holme oak????

[Jmill]

Just wanted to know if Holme Oaks are worth milling? I've got plenty of straight butt's but not heard of many people milling them?

[se7enthdevil]

my very limited knowledge of it is that its hard to season well with out major splitting but if I'm wrong can someone please correct me. good looking when quarter sawn...

[mark stamper]

I'm sure mike Dempsey on here will know mate

[Mike Dempsey]

Not one I have milled up here so I had to do a little research. I thought it was a hard and tough timber and according to wiki I was right. It says it can be used for general construction purposes such as wagons and tools, which makes me think that it is probably a quite open-pored timber. This is why it would also be used for wine casks. If used for furniture etc it would take a lot of coats of lacquer/ varnish in order to fill these pores. It is part of the beech family so possibly not very good for outdoor purposes. Makes good firewood and charcoal though!

[youcallthatbig]

heavy, will warp in all sorts of ways unless really carefully sticked and weighted, mills in a manner more similar to turkey oak than sessile etc, not a favourite of mine, but can yield spectacular boards with the rays....should imagine it would be slow going with a chain mill.

[Big Beech]

cant comment on the end product rating, but having milled a small 10" diamenter trunk, yes hard going but beautiful when cut.

[Tom D]

Beautiful stuff, I have always thought a worktop made from many small bits would be the way to go.

[home of wood]

We have milled a load of this . Very hard going but it's all dried very well. Having cut it in 1,2,3,4 inch thick boards.Have recently turned a few bits and it's amazing oak . Looks stunning

[cornish chough]

Can be very nicely marked , red black and green markings, but we have found it tricky to dry and still weighs a ton.This was cut on our circular rackbench

[Rob D]

Great for chopping boards and side boards... a good wood to have in your chopping board arsenal.... looks pretty and different to other woods.