Can't wait to mill this.. This guy called me asking me if want this tree and I explained to him about the Dutch elm disease but then he said that he's already started to cut it down and i was like tell him to stop! And I rushed over there and salvaged what I could.. Pretty pumped to mill it
Just curious, which elm is that? Does Dutch Elm disease attach all elms? I like Red Elm, but hate the smell of Gray Elm (I think) that I've seen milled.
No it does not. Of course the pictures are in the dark so this may be wrong...but that tree doesn't look like a dutch elm kill to me. Agian, in the dark, that looks like Siberian elm to me. A resistant species. And IMO one of the prettiest for lumber. Not super hard like some other elms, but I like the grain and stability.
From what I have read all American and European species are susceptible to the disease. The Asiatic species are resistant or at least tolerant. I'm with Daren on Elm. It's a great wood and I especially like quartersawn elm. It can be a little difficult to dry flat but if you cut it just a little plump you can plane it out. Good luck!
I'm pumped.. It wasn't killed from the dutch elm disease , I was just giving him a little background.. Lol the homeowner killed it by chopping it down. But I saved it from firewood!! Woowee!
The plan is...? No idea yet lol I have many logs from it. I plan on doing a little of everything (quarter saw, rift, plain) but elm is very hard to come by around these parts of the nj so I want to do something special with it.. Not sure what yet. But I'm pretty excited to mill the crotch! That's my fav part of every tree little but of everything on those
I've milled ash from my woodlot that looked like that.Mine liked to cup so i now put alot of weight on it til dry. Post some pictures when you get it milled if you can. I'd like to see them. I can be a nice wood when dried properly.
I've made a couple of things from red elm.....love the wild looking grain. ...not so crazy about the splinters and wood movement, but the grain is very cool. :thumbsup:
I've made a couple of things from red elm.....love the wild looking grain. ...not so crazy about the splinters and wood movement, but the grain is very cool. :thumbsup:
Just out of curiosity, was your Red Elm kiln dried or just air dried?
Being a light wood, it seems like air drying might be adequate. Or is the kiln needed to assure minimum wood movement?
I'm not positive, but since it came from a rough sawn supplier, I'd assume it was kiln dried. I found that it stabilizes pretty well if I let it acclimate a couple of weeks, then milled it slightly overized, and came back and sized it to final dimensions a day or two later. Of course the experiences with my particular boards might not indicate that all elm will act that way....
Scott that Elm is pretty. Since you like that kind of grain pattern (me too) you would love Catalpa if you don't already. That Elm you used could even pass for Catalpa real easy. In fact if you'd posted it in a "I.D. this wood." type of post Catalpa would've been my first guess.
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