Just finished reading the discussions on these two trees. A friend gave me a tree he cut down last fall. I saw no thorns – I think it is the thornless Honey Locust variety but I am not sure. It has a beautiful pinkish middle (sapwood?) and a medium yellow outer layer. Anybody have a comment on this? It is sitting in my back yard as logs about 6 to 9 feet long, some as big as 12″ diameter? Also, any ideas on turning this in to lumber would be appreciated if you think the lumber is worth having in the first place?
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honey locust's thornyness varies a lot with genetics and environment - it's relatively hard and stiff - not unusual to find deterioration internally within logs - my porch is framed with it, trees cut from the property and sawn by a wood-mizer bandsaw mill -
here's a website with a list of sawyers - http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/directories/sdd.cgi
wood-mizer will help you locate a nearby sawyer also - http://www.woodmizer.com/us/support/index.aspx
I haven't used any for cabinet wood - I do find the grain attractive -
burning some in the woodstove as I type...
Thanks for your reply.
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