Russian Olive Wood Turning

In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can.

Russian olive wood turning.

It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate. Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous. Russian olive is not an olive. Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia.

As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states. Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex. Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick. He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple.

Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. It has a hardness near cherry and walnut. Russian olive is not closely related to the wood that is commonly referred to as olivewood olea europaea and may be distinguished from true olive by the endgrain. Most russian olive at most will be 12 inch diameter at 5 feet with all kinds of branching above that.

Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia. Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. Smaller burl going into a previous trade deal two whole russian olive burls harvested in montana. A secret weapon in wood identification.