I remember seeing some saw and plane handles fashioned from crab apple, they were beautiful.camerio wrote:In my area (Quebec city, CANADA) many kinds of maple trees, ash trees, Oaks (because we planted some), Yellow birch, wild cherries, spruce, fir, aspen (also called common poplar), white birch, red pine (planted), white pine, white cedar, Beech, Hemlock (planted), Crab apples (planted), Juniper (planted).
I have cut some crab apples a few years ago and some limb, even the trunk is big enough, I kept them in order to turn something next fall.
Are they any good to turn ?
Being in the suburbs, we have a bit of everything. I'm just finishing up some bowls from a neighbors oak tree (Variety unknown) that blew down. In the local hills and mountains the main species is Oak in different varieties mostly valley oak and coastal oak. These trees are considered protected and scavenging dead falls is prohibited. I guess the state feels it's better to have fuel for wild land fires laying around. Heck you need a special license just to trim them, and moving/removing them is just about out of the question. We also have juniper, and manzanita as well. I may have to go hiking and see if I can scrounge some manzanita. Other than that it's mostly chapparal.
I do love to see what comes out of the wood though. I got these.
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From This:eek:
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You just never know what you're gonna get.
That's amusing 
