Bombarde16 Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Local church had a pair of locust trees removed and I couldn't help myself. Sure, I thought... I'll split a few chunks and turn them into bowl blanks. Maybe a few longer staves for spindle turnings. It'll be easy, I thought... This stuff is harder than oak and it doesn't want to split at all. Seriously, 45 minutes in the church garden l looking like an idiot swinging a sledgehammer with wedges bouncing out of logs that laughed at my efforts. Finally gave up on splitting out anything useful and commented myself with one short chunk of trunk. Sliced that and got it onto the lathe. Good grief this stuff is hard. Sent from my QTAIR7 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 A trick that you might find helpful for splitting. Wait until you have 3 or 4 days of temps well below 20* and split then. You'll find it easier. What you don't use for woodwork, will be firewood that warms you twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted March 2, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Black locust splits were sought after to use as sill plates for old log cabins built directly on the ground. Rule of thumb was that black locust generally lasted 2 years longer than stone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatCharlieDude Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Pretty grain. Did you finish it? My FIL uses black locust as fence posts, they never rot out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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