holm oak

[se7enthdevil]

hi all, just trying to find out if anyone has some 3" seasoned holm oak i could buy?

[nepia]

How important is it to be seasoned Steve? I know of a small one that is about to be felled if it hasn't gone through the chipper today.

 

 

Jon

[se7enthdevil]

if i can rescue a small lump and season it myself i'll give it a go jon but for the job i have in mind they must be seasoned.

 

what sort of size is it?

[devon TWiG]

3" long ? wide ? or thick ? only joking !! but what size / quantity...I am going to be in a few yards next week and often find lumps seasoned for firewood laying around , but finding anything long , and not split or too knotty might not be easy , could maybe cut a rough beam with chainsaw saw if necessary , what do you intend to do with it ? Bear in mind that 2 cubic feet weighs about a ton !! ( not really, but bloody heavy though ! )

Edited September 10, 2014 by devon TWiG

[se7enthdevil]

fair point twig.

 

it's for my little table skittles job again so ideal blanks are 3"x3" by anything over 8" long.

 

i delivered and order of 8 sets of skittles to st albans today and amongst them were the tiny little 6" tall table skittles that i turned a few weeks ago to experiment with.

 

they included jatoba, bubinga, greenheart, maple, beech, laburnum, wenge, and a bit of young holm oak. i don't think it is 100% but i turned it anyway and took note of the weight. we had one hour of lugging cheeses at the different timbers and the wenge and greenheart had a couple of nick's but the holm oak had zip on it and that was at the front and center so got the full force of the cheese hitting it.

 

if it keeps standing up to the punishment i may have found a viable replacement for boxwood.

 

quantity would be enough to make a couple of sets so about a cubic foot would suffice.

[nepia]

Steve, I'll request that the stem's saved for me if I'm not too late.

 

Jon

 

 

...it hasn't gone: I'll collect it tomorrow.

Edited September 11, 2014 by nepia

[se7enthdevil]

ok jon, let me know it's sizes once you get it home.

might be able to make a couple of nice bowls out of it too if it's big enough.