Anybody ever turn any?
We've got a very large WW that just won't die. It dropped a 18" diameter branch last fall, and while cutting it up today to drag to burn pile, cut a crotch section and decided to rough a bowl out of it. Cut fairly clean, and decent looking grain, but not sure there will be anything left of the sapwood if/when it dries. Not spongy, it cut ok, but very little weight/density.
May cut a few more blanks of heartwood only just to see how it dries and what it looks like, but don't think I'll be cutting a bunch of this to turn.
We've got a very large WW that just won't die. It dropped a 18" diameter branch last fall, and while cutting it up today to drag to burn pile, cut a crotch section and decided to rough a bowl out of it. Cut fairly clean, and decent looking grain, but not sure there will be anything left of the sapwood if/when it dries. Not spongy, it cut ok, but very little weight/density.
May cut a few more blanks of heartwood only just to see how it dries and what it looks like, but don't think I'll be cutting a bunch of this to turn.