Bradford Pear Wood Grain

It is relatively strong has low friction doesnt splinter as easily when rubbed against the grain and the sliding action improves with time as the wood self seals.

Bradford pear wood grain. Bradford pear firewood is a great firewood choice. There is some simulated pear wood high pressure plastic laminate commercially available that looks amazingly like the oregon pear wood that i finished except that the laminate is a little more pinkish orange than my wood. Grain can be straight or wavy. Although many people have mixed opinions about the tree most will agree that the firewood it produces is excellent.

Its close though and its a nice looking laminate imo. You can turn green wood all the way to completion if you turn it thin a quarter inch or less thickness. This tree was standing dead for almost. European modellers use it a lot for some reason it isnt as frequently used in north america i have had to import the little bit i have.

May occasionally contain small amounts of reddish brown heartwood. The grain inside this crotch is unbelievable. Sands to a high lustre finishes easily and is stable when dried. The oregon pear wood that i have is fairly hard.

The pear wood holds detail fantisticlly and developes a wonderful hue pantia over the years. If the bradford pear isnt ready by that time. Cutting requires sharp tools. Bradford pear is a wonderful wood to turn.

Wood is typically light orange or light pink in color. It splits weird like the wood has no grain. And conditions ive been getting black and pin oak down to close to 20 in about a year and a halfs time. Bradford pear usually features a straight grain with a uniformly very fine texture once properly surfaced.

Face grain bowls are less likely to have problems with splitting than end grain bowls. Generally the colour of pear wood is a fleshy pink. This wood has a tendency to deform during drying. I made bowl blanks from a huge crotch from a bradford pear tree.

Theres no need to scrape and scratch around to take out interlocking grain for there almost never is interlocking grain on pear wood. Bradford pears are fine for firewood. Unlike our other exotic timbers pear wood is a wood that is sensitive to work. This species is hard.

Its very heavy wood for the size. Bradford pear hello robert pear is a prized wood for advanced ship modellers. Turning wet bradford pear. In some cases a completely opposite effect is sought in which pear wood of any species is dyed black and used as substitute for the much rare restricted and expensive ebony diospyros spp.

The wood is dense heavy and clean burning once its dry making it a welcome addition to any woodpile.