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Turkish Oak

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alisboy

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Hi all

Is Turkish Oak good for wood turning because local to me, one of the big local land owners has some which was cut down for a furniture timber miller and said he did not want it because it chips?
He says i can have some of it, or some of any other timber he has on site. (lots of hard wood, Oak, ash, sycamore etc)

Ernie

I am sorry but i am a long way from most of you.
 
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lignaterrae

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Turkey oak is broadly similar to the more familiar European oak but with a few important differences. Firstly, it does dry rather badly with much wastage due to warping, splitting and shrinkage but in the small sizes used for pens this won't be too much of an issue. The proportion of paler sapwood is also much higher.
The medullary rays that are very large in regular oak are a little smaller in turkey oak which for small turnery is probably a good thing. Comparing two samples side by side, this ray size difference is pretty obvious.
In all, if it's for free, go for it!
 
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