Birch?

[Will C]

Evening

 

Ive got a decent size birch to fell this week, got to have about 30' of straight trunk and about 20" across at the but end.

 

So is Silver Birch worth milling or will it just warp/twist as it drys and if I manage to get it dry is it any good for owt or will I just spend a lot of time making plank shape fire wood?

 

Cheers all.

 

Sorry if its a daft question but ive got the bug to plank any thing that's worth doing

[se7enthdevil]

go right ahead mate, birch is a cracking timber and in russia they use it all the time.

[Mike Dempsey]

I planked up a 24" dia birch a few years ago that was windblown. Lovely colours and it dried really well. Made a lot of furniture from it and reasonably light. I laser engraved a lot of small items over a couple of years. I would certainly mill up any more decent sized ones again. Go for it

[Will C]

Cheers lads I thought that was the case but didn't want to waste a lot of time