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Started by 123maxbars, February 20, 2016, 01:15:10 PM

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I have a large Buckeye tree on my property that is ready to harvest. I have never came across this species before.

Anyone with any experience with it/suggestions? First thought was put it on my woodmizer and hope for the best.
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bkaimwood

A buckwhat tree? :D Never heard of it, but someone who has is bound to be along shortly.
bk

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123,

   I have lots of them on my place. They often grow back off the stumps in large groups of 3-6. Old timers always kept one of the nuts in their right pocket for good luck and to ward off various ailments. They don't get too big. About 18" dbh is about as big as I ever saw. I think they are the same thing some people call horse chestnuts. The nuts are supposed to be poison but I think local Indians ground and leached them like acorns and ate them. Squirrels and chipmunks don't eat them - sometimes part of one till they get sick and learn better. Reason some folks said one side was not poison as never more than one side chewed. Biggest one I ever saw was on the White House lawn. Not sure if it was same species we have here. Ohio must have plenty as they are listed as the Buckeye state.

   I have cut a few for lumber and lots for trashy firewood. They are very soft white wood. I hear carvers like them. I cut some up into sheeting and sawed a couple into halves and put legs on them for benches. They are very light when dry. Not very rot resistant or particularly strong. I cut a few 4/4 and use them for sheeting on my barn. They cut easily with a 10 degree blade. If there are carvers near you, you might contact them and see if they want them for blanks and cut them into blocks accordingly.

    Good luck.
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I've milled my share, and just came in from planing some getting ready to put on the rack.  As said, it is an extremely light weight, white wood.  It's about like basswood, very soft.  It cuts like Styrofoam, and the band has a tendency to tear and rip the wood fibers.  No big deal, but the sawn surface looks "torn" as much as sawn. 
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Quote from: bkaimwood on February 20, 2016, 01:24:54 PM
A buckwhat tree? :D Never heard of it, but someone who has is bound to be along shortly.

  A buckeye tree is what grows buckeyes.....


 


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