On the way back from having my hair chopped the other day, I noticed that a Sweet Chestnut was coming down on our estate, so I asked the lads doing the job if I could have a wheelbarrow of timber when the three came down. I subsequently went back a few hours later and snaffled a few nice chunks, so I've got a couple of decent bowl blanks from the main trunk (with some figuring in the heartwood) and a few other smaller bits of limb wood. With some difficulty I used my froe to split the big bits and then rough turned the bowl blanks, which are now under a big tarp to season.
My question is what is Sweet Chestnut like to turn? - Rob