Has anyone made anything from Ginkgo Biloba wood?
My brother cut up a wind blown down tree and said if I wanted some to make
something, I could have all I wanted. The bark peels off quite easily, so
after it air dries I will slice 1 " slabs plane a 2 sides and see what the
grain looks like. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thank you for the info instead of wisecracks!!
The only other info was for using the leaves for an herbal memory booster.
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> oldsalt states:
>
> >something, I could have all I wanted. The bark peels off quite easily,
so
> >after it air dries I will slice 1 " slabs plane a 2 sides and see what
the
> >grain looks like. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
> >
>
> It will not air dry properly in log form. Cut into boards, sticker and
stack.
> Cover and let sit until it is as dry as you need.
>
> Some experts compare it to sugar pine in its qualities. Works well, with
ease
> even with hand tools and is said to stain and finish easily. Straight
grain,
> straw color.
>
> Charlie Self
> "In our civilization, and under our republican form of government,
intelligence
> is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of
> office." Ambrose Bierce
>
oldsalt states:
>something, I could have all I wanted. The bark peels off quite easily, so
>after it air dries I will slice 1 " slabs plane a 2 sides and see what the
>grain looks like. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>
It will not air dry properly in log form. Cut into boards, sticker and stack.
Cover and let sit until it is as dry as you need.
Some experts compare it to sugar pine in its qualities. Works well, with ease
even with hand tools and is said to stain and finish easily. Straight grain,
straw color.
Charlie Self
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence
is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of
office." Ambrose Bierce
Scott Cramer wrote:
>
> "oldsalt" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > Has anyone made anything from Ginkgo Biloba wood?
> > My brother cut up a wind blown down tree and said if I wanted some to
> > make something, I could have all I wanted. The bark peels off quite
> > easily, so after it air dries I will slice 1 " slabs plane a 2 sides
> > and see what the grain looks like. Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated!
>
> If the wood smells anything like the ripe Ginkgo pods, you might as
> well make a lovely wooden barf pail - that's how they smell. There's a
> neighborhood in Cambridge, Mass. that has several of these trees, and when
> the ripe fruit has all fallen to the ground, you will gag from the stink.
> It's kind of the anti-cedar.
>
> Scott
That's why smart people plant only the male trees.
"MPD Blue" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> oldsalt wrote:
> > Has anyone made anything from Ginkgo Biloba wood?
>
> I think so....... but I forget
LOL thanks for the laugh!
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"George E. Cawthon" wrote:
>> There's
>> a neighborhood in Cambridge, Mass. that has several of these trees,
>> and when the ripe fruit has all fallen to the ground, you will gag
>> from the stink. It's kind of the anti-cedar.
> That's why smart people plant only the male trees.
Hey, it's Cambridge, Mass., home of Harvard and MIT. Educated, yes -
but smart? Who knows?
"oldsalt" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Has anyone made anything from Ginkgo Biloba wood?
> My brother cut up a wind blown down tree and said if I wanted some to
> make something, I could have all I wanted. The bark peels off quite
> easily, so after it air dries I will slice 1 " slabs plane a 2 sides
> and see what the grain looks like. Any suggestions would be
> appreciated!
If the wood smells anything like the ripe Ginkgo pods, you might as
well make a lovely wooden barf pail - that's how they smell. There's a
neighborhood in Cambridge, Mass. that has several of these trees, and when
the ripe fruit has all fallen to the ground, you will gag from the stink.
It's kind of the anti-cedar.
Scott