Greenheart and Yellowheart ?

[crazylegs]

Just picked up some greenheart and yellowheart. Has anyone got any experience of these?

 

[Dalboy]

Not had the pleasure have you got any photo's of the woods just so I can see what it looks like. When you do get around to turning it let us know your thoughts

 

[Penpal]

Yerllowheart from Brazil, has a very tight grain I have seen results with it in pens ,has a mild smell can cause allergies.

Greenheart suffers from grain tearout, comes from Nth and Sth America ,hard to glue,stiffest wood in the world.

It would seem in common with many timbers to try for cut blanks, also there are so many easier and better timbers IMHO.

Peter

 

[Bill Mooney]

I’ve used greenheart to make sluice gates. It is a dense, heavy, strong, flexible timber used for sluice gates as mentioned & other things where water resistance is necessary & for fishing rods due to its flexibility. It sinks in water. Be careful of splinters as they usually fest up & cause painful swellings & need to be taken out ASAP. It is usually straight grained & turns & finishes well.

 

[crazylegs]

I got this mainly because it came up and I'm a bit of a magpie. The green heart was from a jetty off the welsh coast, a large timber was cut up and it's 100 years old ! I can conclude so far only that as Bill says its heavy and gives splinters readily almost without touching it !!
I will try for photos but can't seem to get the size right.

 

[Phil Dart]

Green heart is also used these days a lot for railway sleepers, which is how I've acquired big lumps of it in the past. (offcuts tossed over the side of a viaduct then washed up on the riverbank where I walk my dog - no I haven't been tearing up railway tracks) It can sometimes have some grain contrast in it, but the bland bits can be super bland - although , well green, which in itself may well be enough on a pen. Try using it cross cut to show a bit more grain interest.

No experience of yellowheart - sorry

 

[wm460]

Never heard of Greenheart before.