Jan 27,  · Plum as a wood for turning Showing of 11 messages. Plum as a wood for turning: John: 1/18/08 AM: I have been offered the trunk of a Plum tree by a friend which needs to be taken down in the near future. The trunk is about 20ft high, so I am guessing it has a diameter of about 1ft, its been a few years since I. Depending on the type of tree (growth habit and location of fruiting buds), full-sized and semidwarf trees may be trained to an open center, central leader, or fruit bush system. Open Center System The open center, or vase-shaped, system (fig. 1) is most commonly used on almond, apri-cot, cherry, fig, nectarine, peach, plum, and prune trees. Nov 19,  · Beautiful wood. Plum is usually really vibrant wood, but tough to deal with. It loves to split. When you cut it, take care to seal the ends, and dry it slowly. If you cloose to make treenware make them thin, to avoid the splitting. I am a woodturner as well as a cabinet maker, and love plum, but my best pieces have been the result of patience.
May 05,  · We had a plum orchard and the grafted tops all died and the wild rootstock is what took over. Wild plum has thorns that are worse than Honeylocust thorns. I cut out the whole entire orchard of wild plums. It took all of 2 years for the wood to dry and will probably go closer to 3. I made firewood because I had to do something with the trees. Nov 19,  · Beautiful wood. Plum is usually really vibrant wood, but tough to deal with. It loves to split. When you cut it, take care to seal the ends, and dry it slowly. If you cloose to make treenware make them thin, to avoid the splitting. I am a woodturner as well as a cabinet maker, and love plum, but my best pieces have been the result of patience. Re: Plum wood, is this true? Wax the ends, run a saw cut right to the center of the log if you can, up what you believe is the "ugly side" of the stick. The wax will .

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