beech logs

[porta mill]

I got some log length fire wood and there are a few nice beech logs , I have enough fire wood for this year so I wondering if beech logs are worth milling . Does it dry nicely or does twist and bow ? any info would be helpful.

 

[john taliaferro]

I know they make work benches out of it because its dense and strong . Mill it and see worst case youll have the nicest fire wood stack in town.

 

[flashhole]

Yeah, mill it and see what you get. I've been milling Ash and Maple for center cut posts and beams. The rest goes to firewood. The worst that can happen is you burn a bit of gas and oil.

 

[IanB22]

Quarter sawn beech is great stuff

Desirable for tool making (such as molding planes) and other things. The most relevant use of beech though is the quarter-sawn beech for tool's and you may want to mill it 2" thick quarter-sawn for the molding planes purpose. 1" or 7/8th's may be to thin for that purpose if you were to kiln dry it and put some up on ebay.

Anyway, just thinking of how I would use some nice beech wood!
Ian

 

[porta mill]

I do not have a kiln . air dry for me . I am just a man form the country that hates to make big box stores money when I can mill and build it my self . at this point I have more logs than I need at this point I guess maybe you can never have to many logs.

 

[john taliaferro]

never