Comments on: Apple

By: Mike Stafford

Mike Stafford — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:33:00 +0000

A bowl in crab apple

By: Isaac Litster

Isaac Litster — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:51:57 +0000

In reply to Matt Longenbaugh. how were the limbs seasoned? Did they crack?

By: Cory

Cory — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 10:38:02 +0000

In reply to Thomas. yea, it works well for boxing on hand planes. I know starvos gakos on youtube uses apple quite often for boxing on his hand planes.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:08:13 +0000

Would apple be a possible substitute for boxwood with it’s relatively high density, hardness and pale colour?

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 19:42:50 +0000

Many, many years ago I had a wonderful woodworking teacher at high school. He always said that cooking utensils (e.g. spoons) should always be made of a fruitwood (generally lower toxicity than most other woods) preferably apple or pear. Of course this was in England where those two woods are probably the most common fruitwoods available. (With plums a close third.)

By: matt l

matt l — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 03:32:45 +0000

Having turned dozens of bowls from seasoned apple, few obsv: internal stress cracks are common, and often not seen until turning proceeds; expect substantial tangential shrinkage post-turning in dried wood; spectacular spalting is common in cut pieces stored on damp ground (typical patterns of spalting are small yellow dots well distributed – see pic). Wonder if stress cracks are because boles have repeated high loads from ripe apples each summer, followed by loss of loads after fruit falls or is picked?

By: boatjoiner

boatjoiner — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:54:20 +0000

In reply to Jerry Drouin. No apple is not a very stable wood. for a gunstock you need stable wood like mahogony walnut or rosewood

By: Jerry Drouin

Jerry Drouin — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:52:01 +0000

This wood from apple trees looks great for gun stocks.. is it ?

By: Stephanie Ray

Stephanie Ray — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:40:52 +0000

Just got a couple of small pieces from a co-worker; can’t wait to work with it.

By: Hydra

Hydra — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:05:53 +0000

I had an apple tree in my front yard. Some branches had been going dead so I did some pruning and kept some of the wood. I made some pipe bowls with it. It is pretty dense but it carves nicely. feels a little like a soft soapstone

By: Matt Longenbaugh

Matt Longenbaugh — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 05:53:42 +0000

Have turned few dozen small boxes with lids from seasoned apple limbs. In sizes about 3 inch diam and 7 inch long, with finished thickness less than 3/8 inch, appears stable with no finish inside and 2 coats oil finish outside. Attractive grain of wood with secure bark.

By: Joan Jackson

Joan Jackson — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:22:59 +0000

I have a old cabinet that was in my first house. The old couple we boyght the house from said it was apple wood. We took it with us 34 years ago and at that time the house was 100 years old. The rathboards and plaster seemed as though it was built around the cabinet. Where can I go to find out more information. Thank you for your time and a very happy new year.

By: sloandrakonis

sloandrakonis — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 01:39:56 +0000

Took down a common apple tree in the back yard and let it season. Amazing colors out of the trunk and has a stout feel even in thinner cuts. I will be making some boxes with the better looking cuts, tool handles with straight grain and cutting boards with the bulk of it…seems to be a great wood overall if you have access to it

By: Fyl

Fyl — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:47:42 +0000

In reply to Raphael.

Cherry is described as rot resistant and stable, but softer… apple as non-durable to decay and high rate of seasonable movement, yet harder.

Cherry sounds much more useful

By: Raphael

Raphael — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:58:22 +0000

The body of the text describes it as cherry