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Hackberry - Gregor1 - 07-20-2022 When I went to but my walnut the other day, the guy had some Hackberry on display. Very interesting looking wood. I almost bought some, but wanted to check it out first. Apparently it is not good for outdoor use. It's grain design pretty much dictates modern furniture to me, but I suppose it could be stained, and toned down a bit. Anyone do anything with Hackberry? RE: Hackberry - iclark - 07-20-2022 (07-20-2022, 04:05 PM)Gregor1 Wrote: When I went to but my walnut the other day, the guy had some Hackberry on display. Very interesting looking wood. I almost bought some, but wanted to check it out first. Apparently it is not good for outdoor use. It's grain design pretty much dictates modern furniture to me, but I suppose it could be stained, and toned down a bit. Anyone do anything with Hackberry? I have some turing pieces on hand but have not really played with it. From the Got Wood? folks: Quote:Kiln Dried Hackberry RE: Hackberry - EdL - 07-20-2022 IMHO, its not an appealing wood. Lots of it on our property, falls into the firewood catagory. (Pun intended) Ed RE: Hackberry - AHill - 07-21-2022 Spalted hackberry is a good alternative to spalted maple.. RE: Hackberry - AHill - 07-21-2022 Spalted hackberry is a good alternative to spalted maple. Google hackberry furniture images and you can get some ideas of how it's been used. Table tops and bar tops are common. RE: Hackberry - MarkWells - 07-22-2022 (07-20-2022, 04:05 PM)Gregor1 Wrote: When I went to but my walnut the other day, the guy had some Hackberry on display. Very interesting looking wood. I almost bought some, but wanted to check it out first. Apparently it is not good for outdoor use. It's grain design pretty much dictates modern furniture to me, but I suppose it could be stained, and toned down a bit. Anyone do anything with Hackberry? I live in central Texas, where Hackberry is an invasive species. Once I had a trunk and one large branch milled. I air dried it outside under cover with stickers. Things I learned with a sample size of one: The wood is quite hard, but also very flexible, which is a strange combination. It will dull handsaws faster than other woods I use. I learned it's flexibility is sometimes used to make Shaker oval boxes. If it gets wet and then air dries, it spalts very easily. The colors I got from the splating were quite amazing. I had it milled to 2" thick and then let it air dry under cover for several years. I tried to glue it up to make a workbench top, but the glue joints opened up almost immediately. Maybe it wasn't dry, maybe I got the branch wood, or maybe it had internal stress from incorrect drying. I know now that branches don't make good lumber. This small cabinet is unfinished hackberry: https://www.mwells.org/woodworking/projects/torah-cabinet/ The legs of this workbench are unfinished hackberry: https://www.mwells.org/woodworking/handtools/workbench-3-0/ The top is yellow pine. In the picture the leg vise is also 8/4 hackberry. The wood was so flexible the vise wouldn't hold. I replaced it with soft maple. Mark RE: Hackberry - Gregor1 - 07-22-2022 The pieces I saw were 10' long, 8" wide, pretty white, with vivid black lines running the length. |