How to prep wood for turning

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Haynie

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We are clearing the back yard. Last november I felled an apple tree and an Almond. Then had shoulder surgery so the trees are still there. Yeah it looks bad but I wasn't handing the nine year old the chainsaw. This year the other almond tree gave up the ghost and the apricot died over a two week period. Filled to capacity with apricots, big leaves then dead. Weirdest thing I have seen, yes it got watered. There is also a large dead silver maple (I think) that I have not taken down because every time I do I find a family of birds living in it. Just can't bring myself to serve the eviction notice. I was going to use the apple and almond in the smoker and mulch the rest.....not anymore. Whoya baby there be a lot o turning opportunities in that there back yard of mine. Apple still going into the smoker. Maybe an almond too. The rest will be for turning.

I don't know what is green and what is dried but I want to preserve as much as I can and keep any green from splitting. Do I just paint the ends or do I have to do something else?
 
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If you got pieces of the Apple and Almond big enough for turning, turn it too... it will work out great in the smoker, but will also work as great turning wood. The apple will have some really nice grain patterns... the almond is a little more bland, but does turn nice.
Apricot has some nice color in it too...

I'd save any trunks you can for turning.

I have 3 silver maples across my front yard that drive me crazy.... all the roots have come to the surface and I have to really watch when I mow... sometimes I'll nick the top of the roots with the riding mower... makes a helluva noise when I hit one... if I had the wherewithall to do it, they would all come out and something else there that would keep their roots in the ground.
 
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