Thread: Firewood

Originally Posted by Dalboy

What you could not find any decent wood in the wood store then Neil if you are getting short I will let you have some

Bl##dy thing is full! Though if you want to send me free wood I might consider building another wood store?


Two nice pieces from the firewood pile especially the Berberis, will it keep that colour

Unfortunately no.
It will go a quite pleasing Orange/Brown but will lose the Yellow. I've found that Berberis root is more colourfast than the upper bits and makes good pen blanks if you can cut it before it splits. Mahonia is about the same colour but holds on to it longer. Shame they are shrubs though, this bowl is massive for Berberis!

Originally Posted by Neil Lawton

Unfortunately no.
It will go a quite pleasing Orange/Brown but will lose the Yellow. I've found that Berberis root is more colourfast than the upper bits and makes good pen blanks if you can cut it before it splits. Mahonia is about the same colour but holds on to it longer. Shame they are shrubs though, this bowl is massive for Berberis!

Sounds like Cherry splits very easy

As for the wood store like you mine is full to the point that I still have logs to cut but still can't find the right wood for a project.

Great looking bowls Neil, really like the Hawthorne one.

A great save Neil.