My daughter has a chestnut tree that is going to have to be removed. It
is approx. 18" diameter at the base and looks as if it is a blighted
American Chestnut. Has anyone turned chestnut? Any secret methods?

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Steve A wrote:

My daughter has a chestnut tree that is going to have to be removed. It
is approx. 18" diameter at the base and looks as if it is a blighted
American Chestnut. Has anyone turned chestnut? Any secret methods?

I just learned from other turners in the last week that Chestnut has a
nasty characteristic of ring shake - meaning the rings split away from
each other. One of the fellows said he wouldn't turn anymore Chestnut
due to some previous experiences in which all the Chestnut he had ended
up in the firewood pile.

If this is true, be careful and aware of this warning as you turn it.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners,
Cascade Woodturners,
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Pour your end-grain sealer into a clean, wide-mouth
clothes detergent bottle. The lid makes a handy dipping container for
your brush and the leftovers will drain back into the bottle when you
recap the jug.

Sounds like it should be soaked in the conditioner used on rifle stocks - and it
glues everything together and stabilizes it.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Owen Lowe wrote:
In article ,
Steve A wrote:


My daughter has a chestnut tree that is going to have to be removed. It
is approx. 18" diameter at the base and looks as if it is a blighted
American Chestnut. Has anyone turned chestnut? Any secret methods?


I just learned from other turners in the last week that Chestnut has a
nasty characteristic of ring shake - meaning the rings split away from
each other. One of the fellows said he wouldn't turn anymore Chestnut
due to some previous experiences in which all the Chestnut he had ended
up in the firewood pile.

If this is true, be careful and aware of this warning as you turn it.


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