Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
American Hornbeam
GeorgeBalock
>At our club's wood auction i picked up an American Hornbeam log about 6 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 feet long. I am wondering, do I need to remove trhe pith from this log? Doses this wood move much? I'm going to use it to turn boxes.
George
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joaz hill
>You should always remove pith. Is it green?
I have turned what they call "hop-hornbeam" around here. It was very dry so i did not have movement. Would probly work good for end grain turning, although I found the grain and color rather dull.
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Re: American Hornbeam
GeorgeBalock
>Joaz,
The Hophornbeam and the American Hornbeam are different species. American Hornbeam is Carpinus caroliniana. Hophornbeam is Ostrya virginiana. The other names for American Hornbeam are blue-beech, ironwood, musclewood, Water Beech. The other names for Hophornbeam are American hophornbeam, rough-barked ironwood.
George
Re: American Hornbeam
Joaz Hill
>Ah, I see now why I was..........confused. :>}
Re: American Hornbeam
William Duffield on the Cohansey
>This is one of the strongest and densest of the North American hardwoods. It is light colored, fine grained, but with very subtle figure. Its qualities make it the wood of choice for the handles of Lie-Nielsen's new line of very high quality chisels. With it, you should be able to turn out sturdy, stable boxes.