Applewood Use/Value?

Its great for turning.

A kinds of stuff are made from apple and the like trees .....most often called fruitwood....mjh

The body of my ECE reform smoother plane is made from "fruitwood", most likely apple.

todd

If you google "apple wood properties" you'll find a variety of uses. I seem to recall that it was also used to make the gears in wooden clocks.

I commented in another thread about receiving a friends Bradford Pear. I've also cut up a little apple on the bandsaw. The tree was pretty small so what I could get out of it was small. My wife used the apple on the scroll saw for animals, Yaks, I believe. The lighter sapwood made an intersting head and shoulder with the darker wood for the posterior. Bradford Pear is hard and durable, grain not real distinctive. Nice to work. Folks you like are easily pleased with a gift made from "their" tree. I thinks it's usually worth accepting the offer of ornamental trees for this reason. Bigger trees, haul to a sawmill. Smaller ones are easily worked up on a 14" bandsaw with riser blocks.

bob g.

Mark L. wrote:

I commented in another thread about receiving a friends Bradford Pear. I've also cut up a little apple on the bandsaw. The tree was pretty small so what I could get out of it was small. My wife used the apple on the scroll saw for animals, Yaks, I believe. The lighter sapwood made an interesting head and shoulder with the darker wood for the posterior. Bradford Pear is hard and durable, grain not real distinctive. Nice to work. Folks you like are easily pleased with a gift made from "their" tree. I thinks it's usually worth accepting the offer of ornamental trees for this reason. Bigger trees, haul to a sawmill. Smaller ones are easily worked up on a 14" bandsaw with riser blocks.

bob g.

Mark L. wrote:

I made several wooden spoons from apple wood. Very strong, dense, and beautiful.

Now there's an interesting individual. Tell ya what, if your friend has any winning lotto tickets, I'd be willing to take care of them for him, assuming I can keep the money, of course. Is there something wrong with the trees or has your buddy been trying to get rid of them for some reason? Otherwise you need to take a long hard look at this helpful person. Dave in Fairfax

I don't know about woodworking aspect, but it is great for barbecue and smoking meats. I think of it as "hickory light" I've used it for grilling and making Canadian bacon. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net

It's great for smoking bacon and pastrami from corned beef, also used as tool handles other than the striking type like chisels. Alex

My recollection that the stuff marketted under the name "Apply Ply" doesn't really contain apple wood. I could be wrong.

bob g.

sr_wood wrote:

I had an ucnle once who replaced the back of a fiddle w/ apple wood. I don't know how apple or other fruit woods (specifically poms) rank in quality among "tone woods", but he was the kind of guy that did things for a good reason.

-jbb

"Robert Galloway" wrote

My understanding is it was marketed as "American as apple pie" to compete with the European plys. Nothing to do with wood species. I have no idea how sandeply is marketed... San De is cantonese for orange. Thousandeply does't really work, referring to the .001 thickness of the veneer. Sand through the first ply and buy a replacement. Backwards, it's Early Death to North American Sawyers. The assimilation is nearly complete, marketing is no longer needed. Sandy is the daughter of the former HD CEO.

birch face, alder core....

Many years ago my father told me that apple was the preferred wood for shafts and other parts in old water wheel powered grain mills.

If you're talking about the Appleply brand, that is made from birch and alder.