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Sharon, my daughter has a palm tree in her yard in central Arkansas. She said it died last year due to the extreme cold winter. It is about 9 inches at the base and 12 ft tall; Last week, she asked me to take it down for her. I am excited for that wood as you are for the carob. Show us some of the wood when you get it. That is going to be some pretty wood.
 
leehljp said:
Sharon, my daughter has a palm tree in her yard in central Arkansas. She said it died last year due to the extreme cold winter. It is about 9 inches at the base and 12 ft tall; Last week, she asked me to take it down for her. I am excited for that wood as you are for the carob. Show us some of the wood when you get it. That is going to be some pretty wood.
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have you ever turned palm wood? i am asking because the wood is fiber like, no rings etc. technically a palm tree is not a tree is closer to grass! you can use the palm branches (the lower part that is attached to the trunk) although i suppose that if you soak it with ca glue you might be able to. cheers!
 
sbwertz said:
My friend had her dead carob tree taken down and the stump dug up. She saved the wood and the stump/rootball. I can hardly wait to get at it with a chainsaw! My carpal tunnel in my right hand is putting THAT on hold for a while.
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get well soon, i have to cut down three carob trees in my yard and i really hate the idea..i hate even pruning them, i feel sorry for them; feels like i cut their limbs :(
 
MedWoodWorx said:
have you ever turned palm wood? i am asking because the wood is fiber like, no rings etc. technically a palm tree is not a tree is closer to grass! you can use the palm branches (the lower part that is attached to the trunk) although i suppose that if you soak it with ca glue you might be able to. cheers!
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Yes. Several times over the years. My16 yr old grandson is the one interested in making pens and selling some. I have explained to him the difficulties involved. He doesn't have a lathe and I live about 2 hours from him. I want to make some bowls, but I need to see the specific grain. It is kinda rare for a palm tree to be that far latitude north and not on a coast or in a desert.
 
It's been a few years, 2004, I turned a pepper mill from Black Palm.... made an interesting mill and it sold the first time I showed it...
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leehljp said:
Sharon, my daughter has a palm tree in her yard in central Arkansas. She said it died last year due to the extreme cold winter. It is about 9 inches at the base and 12 ft tall; Last week, she asked me to take it down for her. I am excited for that wood as you are for the carob. Show us some of the wood when you get it. That is going to be some pretty wood.
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I did turn a piece of a palm. I had to stabilize the wood. I used Minwax stabilizer and soaked it for several hours in a vacuum pot and then cooked at 200 degrees in a toaster oven. It was a lot of time to prep but turned ok.
 
leehljp said:
Yes. Several times over the years. My16 yr old grandson is the one interested in making pens and selling some. I have explained to him the difficulties involved. He doesn't have a lathe and I live about 2 hours from him. I want to make some bowls, but I need to see the specific grain. It is kinda rare for a palm tree to be that far latitude north and not o
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TellicoTurning said:
It's been a few years, 2004, I turned a pepper mill from Black Palm.... made an interesting mill and it sold the first time I showed it...
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Thats a palm "leaf- branch" isnt it?
 
You can buy Bethlehem Carob pen blanks at Rockler. They come with a certificate.
https://www.rockler.com/bethlehem-carob-wood-pen-blank

I bought and turned one into a pen. Frankly, the wood was rather bland with slightly pink hues. It had very little grain or interest compared with the grainier Bethlehem Olive Wood pens that I made at the same time. It was easy to turn.
 
MedWoodWorx said:
have you ever turned palm wood? i am asking because the wood is fiber like, no rings etc. technically a palm tree is not a tree is closer to grass! you can use the palm branches (the lower part that is attached to the trunk) although i suppose that if you soak it with ca glue you might be able to. cheers!
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I've tried turning it a few times for pens. Its tough, as the black "rods" are quite hard, while the brown stuff is extremely punky. I think that stabilizing the remaining black palm blanks I have would make it a lot easier to turn, and sand. It was really the sanding I think I had the hardest time with...the punky brown just sands off in droves, while the hard black rods sand much slower. So I kept ending up with an uneven surface, which I never liked.
 
penicillin said:
You can buy Bethlehem Carob pen blanks at Rockler. They come with a certificate.
https://www.rockler.com/bethlehem-carob-wood-pen-blank

I bought and turned one into a pen. Frankly, the wood was rather bland with slightly pink hues. It had very little grain or interest compared with the grainier Bethlehem Olive Wood pens that I made at the same time. It was easy to turn.
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I see fairly good quality blanks from stores and online, but having the tree as Sharon will - I'll bet she can get some great blanks out of it.
 
MedWoodWorx said:
have you ever turned palm wood? i am asking because the wood is fiber like, no rings etc. technically a palm tree is not a tree is closer to grass! you can use the palm branches (the lower part that is attached to the trunk) although i suppose that if you soak it with ca glue you might be able to. cheers!
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I've turned black palm...it's interesting. I wasn't real taken with the look of the finished pen.
 
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