whats the hardest timber we have growing in Britain???

[se7enthdevil]

i know i'm a know it all on this subject but i know only about the more commercial timbers.

 

i wish to know if anyone can suggest an unusual timber that could be very hard, heavy and tough once dry.

 

have we a better suggestion than hornbeam. i'd need sections of plank 12x3" so can't be too small a tree.

 

any help appreciated.

[Daniël Bos]

Robinia pseudoacacia

[gensetsteve]

Ask the firewood boys what they dred the most. Seem to remember Elm was hard work

[Graham]

Holm oak.

[mendiplogs]

Ask the firewood boys what they dred the most. Seem to remember Elm was hard work

 

HI STEVE ELMS nice wood mate to durn and very hard thanks jon

[NFG]

Hi

 

I thought Lignum Vitae was hardest that grows in UK although correct me if im wrong, not a native species though.

 

Edit: Just checked & its 4500 lbf on the Janka hardness scale

 

N

Edited March 22, 2014 by NFG

[se7enthdevil]

a heavy elm would be nice, had some wheatly elm from big j and that was hard as rock and fairly heavy.

 

robinia is hard but it's not heavy enough for my needs and would also split as time goes by.

 

i'm making one of these cheese things for a skittles club which currently use lignum vitae. i know i wont get any of that but i'm trying to identify the best substitute as they want to put together a set of pins and cheeses that would be used by paying customers (that will batter the things) rather than the club members that will look after the equipment.

 

i'm thinking either hornbeam or beech but wondered if anyone knew of a tougher timber that is as heavy as possible that's relatively easy to get hold of.

[TTP]

a heavy elm would be nice, had some wheatly elm from big j and that was hard as rock and fairly heavy.

 

 

 

robinia is hard but it's not heavy enough for my needs and would also split as time goes by.

 

 

 

i'm making one of these cheese things for a skittles club which currently use lignum vitae. i know i wont get any of that but i'm trying to identify the best substitute as they want to put together a set of pins and cheeses that would be used by paying customers (that will batter the things) rather than the club members that will look after the equipment.

 

 

 

i'm thinking either hornbeam or beech but wondered if anyone knew of a tougher timber that is as heavy as possible that's relatively easy to get hold of.

 

 

Try holm oak it's an extremely hard wood and just as heavy if not heavier than beech also you can normally get a real nice redish coloration in the heart wood, I have a big cheese in my room sanded up and varnished as an ornament, looks great

 

 

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[bellringer]

I have some beech that so hard my band saw would not cut it

[Eddy_t]

Thorns if you can find a big enough piece, oak, elm, yew is pretty damn tough, but by far the hardest I've found is seasoned plane, even a hydraulic splitter fights that!

 

 

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