Holly as firewood

[geoff]

Looks like I'm in trouble then because this happened in our back garden last week.

 

Man alive, that's got to be the fattest ferret I ever saw mate:biggrin:

[agrimog]

holly, yew, and elder, all carry various superstions assosiated with the cutting and burning of them, usually linked to the practice of them being the most common trees planted in church yards and cemetries, along with rowan, they are actually very good firewood if allowed to season out, but are trees I will try to avoid cutting unless I dont have an option, who needs more bad luck in this game

[Lazurus]

The spherical hollow form in the center is Holly, can be a pain when drying as splits are common but turned thin to 3 -4 mm usually dries ok, like Steve said a "proper" turner uses the best aspects of the timber be it size shape or type.

 

I like Holly a lot, and didn't realize there were so many superstitions associated with timber though, best I read up

[Aunt Maud]

mix it with hawthorn.

 

Well, that will just mean the end of the world.

[surveyor]

That sphere must have been a challenge. My fathers land is thick with holly, moreso than any other tract of land I have encountered in this county. I turned a small size ball bat, about two feet long, with a piece of trunk, and burnished it with flame. Also carved a new shifter knob handle for my old Datsun 510. It sounds right that is should be used as an inlay wood.

[felixthelogchopper]

Man alive, that's got to be the fattest ferret I ever saw mate:biggrin:

 

He's down to 7.25 kilos now, mate. Smart money is on a decent bit of Maine Coon in the DNA mix.

[geoff]

He's down to 7.25 kilos now, mate. Smart money is on a decent bit of Maine Coon in the DNA mix.

 

He is one scary looking cat:biggrin:

[felixthelogchopper]

He is one scary looking cat:biggrin:

 

He's a lovely fella when you get to know him, unless you happen to be small and fluffy.

[geoff]

Well parts of me are!