Horse chestnut planks

[Mick Dempsey]

How about furniture! Horse chestnut can have a lovely grain!

 

is that furniture? No accounting for taste I guess.

[Treemoose]

is that furniture? No accounting for taste I guess.

 

You could always go to ikea if you like.

[devon TWiG]

How about furniture! Horse chestnut can have a lovely grain!

Are you certain that is Horse chestnut it looks more like sweet to me ... also Horse chestnut is too soft ... dents / marks easily ... for most furniture ... it spalts well though !!

[Forest2Furniture]

I don't think Horse Chestnut has the structural strength for furniture

[skc101fc]

Is there amything it is good for??

[skc101fc]

Apart from turning blanks, sorry just re read the earlier posts.

[Maxnaggle]

is that furniture? No accounting for taste I guess.

 

Hahaha meowwww

[Blaisey]

I like it theres a pic on this thread

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/milling-forum/87525-burr-horse-chestnut.html

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

if there is any burrs as is often the case on H chestnut i would take it all:001_cool:

[Rob D]

If there is good figuring and rippling/burrs then certainly worth milling.

 

 

But other than that it is not a great timber really - ok you can make things out of it but there is plenty of other better stuff to mill out there.

 

 

Bear in mind sweet chestnut is a completely different wood to horse chestnut with completely different looks and properties. The chair in one of the previous posts looks to be made out of sweet chestnut...