Robert Schaubhut
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Hi Chuck ,Looks like it might be a callery pear tree. I would bet that like most other frut woods it turn up purtty. But it is hard to get it to dry. If it was laying in my front yard I would give it a go on the spinny.
Dear Barry ,Shaz,
While incredibly generous and thoughtful of you, I'm guessing any turners in the area have access to lifetimes worth of wood at the moment.
As much as I hate to type it, pitch it and keep cleaning up.
Hi Barry ,
You words hit home. I am not responsible for saving great stuff (maybe great stuff) for the rest of the world. I can pitch it and still survive. I will be okay if it is valuable and I throw it away. My life is more than stuff! I can do this, Thank you ,
S...
Get some rest too!
Bradford Pear. One fell across the street, last week. they cut up "firewood" and it is perzackerly as discribed and pictured. Loverly white blooms in the spring, exact same leaves as pictured and the wood is fabulous. Now I have to go over and introduce myself to the new neighbor and steal/borrow some of the wood before it starts to check.
Hi Bill ,
That looks like the blossums of my tree "from a far" but my trunk split into major unruly branches at about 4'. Also, does the Bradford pear put up shoots from the roots within a 12" radius of the tree? They were always a problem, like a privet hedge does if you are familiar with that....S
Common Names: Bradford pear, Callery pear, ornamental pear
IMHO
If it's Bradfor Pear, a turned item might look like this:
http://www.familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?p=82585
Hi Frank ,
Thanks for the photo injection! Very nice and relative, IF infact it is a Bradford Pear!...S
This hunk was well seasoned and very hard. Now, with time, it has lost the orange color and is not as pleasing to look at.
Any turner wanting to make baby toys, pear and apple are not toxic woods for babies to "gum" on.
Hi Jonathan ,
This kind of information is more valuable than to just this thread! Please start a thread and make this information common knowledge in the forum!!
Thanks,...S
WHOA, in the hand of the Master, a beautiful piece.Shaz, you might not stop the checking, but you can slow it down by sealing the cut ends of the logs. Most turners use a wax emulsion like Anchor Seal. (Rockler - and I believe Woodcraft - have their own label versions of the same stuff.) If that's not handy, you can use old latex paint...a few coats slopped on thick will help prevent checking.
Here's another example of what that wood can look like:
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