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Mike G

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I have just received quite a few branches of lime from a local tree surgeon. It's more than I will ever use, so if anyone wants any, they're yours. It's newly felled, and I am planning to slice them up and put them in stick to air dry. Again, should anyone want any later on let me know if you want a particular thickness and I can plank it up to suit. The only thing is you'll have to come and get what you want, as I won't be posting it.
 
Ooh lucky you. It's a very useful wood. Fantastic for musical instruments as it is super stable and doesn't warp. Great for piano keys and is still used for that. You don't really see lime trees round here.
 
My Dad uses lime for wood carving, but I bought him a plank about 100 mm thick and about a metre long recently from a local supplier & I think it'll last him for all the carving he'll ever want to do!
 
Mike G said:
I have just received quite a few branches of lime from a local tree surgeon. I am planning to slice them up and put them in stick to air dry. Again, should anyone want any later on let me know if you want a particular thickness and I can plank it up to suit. The only thing is you'll have to come and get what you want, as I won't be posting it.
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Branch wood boarded up might be a bit questionable. It's all likely to contain a fair amount of reaction wood and therefore unstable meaning it's likely to warp quite a bit during drying. Also, being an angiosperm the reaction wood will tend to suffer from tension which tends to be fuzzy and woolly when worked and often reacts by blotching on the application of dye, stain and polish. Just something to be aware of before you decide to go ahead for sure and slice up. Branches can still be used for projects, e.g., carving and turning, but I'm suggesting be a bit wary of committing to creating planks, if that's your intention. Slainte.
 
No, no, I know that Richard. I would plank only for the sake of getting it dry, not because anyone would ever use lime in board-form. I carve, as do my kids. Turners like the stuff, as you said. Small pieces for musical instruments etc would also be fine from branch-wood, in my experience. It's never going to be made into furniture, or panels, or anything of the sort.
 
Fair enough, but I did just wonder about your intentions, so that's why I posted.

Believe it or not, some forty plus years ago, I was tasked with using quite long and wide boards of lime to make up 18 - 20 mm thick panels. It's so long ago that I can't be certain what they were for, but something is telling me the panels were incorporated into end panels of some sort or legs for a desk or cabinet. I do remember thinking it wasn't a great choice of material for the job being soft and visually boring (near invisible grain). Slainte.
 
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