Monkey Puzzle – Is it worth anything?

[John Hancock]

Took the two Monkey Puzzles down this week, they’d been standing dead for approx two years (so well seasoned); ringed it all up and thought I’d take my chance and pop it over to a local fire-wood dealer………….they didn’t want it!!??

 

Anyone know how it burns??

[Mesterh]

Might have been worth something to wood turners!

[John Hancock]

Might have been worth something to wood turners!

 

Haha, not anymore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(It was shot - all of it, no-good to anyone except as firewood (or so I thought)

[Dean Lofthouse]

It burns fine, the only problem with it is the crap that comes out of the bark, like PVA glue, it messes up everything

[tommer9]

Turners and furniture makers love it. Quality timber!!! Milled a lovely piece last week.Havent a clue what its like to burn- evidently crap.lol

[Ian C]

Last one i took down i gave to a local turner in exchange for some bowls etc

 

Turners seem to love the stuff, but the crap that comes out is bleedin awful:thumbdown:

[gibbon]

I got £80 from the wood turners for a load of dead rings. They wood have paid top dollar for the stuff we chipped though

[Tom D]

It could still be worth something to wood turners, as they turn bowls out of the branch stubbs, so any rings with whorls of stubbs will be ok.

Try Ian leach

[Mark T]

Araucaria is well know for being highly sought after by wood turners as the others have said (not sure about dead sections though). Even very small pieces can be incorperated as features in larger items. It can be turned or cut into very thin slithers and when held up to the light can glow deep orange... probably the only thing that Monkey Puzzle is good for (I hate 'em!)!

[Dean O]

taking a dead mp down in a week or two's time, any idea what made that an ex monkey puzzle.

the one im removing was "pruned" a couple of years ago, covered in gaff injuries by the looks of it tho not sure whever this is what finnished it off. anycommon causes?