Russian Olive Wood Turning

It was brought in during the dust bowl era and is extremely difficult to eradicate.

Russian olive wood turning.

As the name implies russian olive is not a native wood to the united states. Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. Most russian olive at most will be 12 inch diameter at 5 feet with all kinds of branching above that. Olive is diffuse porous while russian olive is ring porous.

Larger of the two measures 16 diameter x 9 thick not including roots. In this second part of the series sam continues to work on the front of the wall hanging. Driving in to work the next day i noticed that a russian olive had blown down in an apartment complex. A secret weapon in wood identification.

In the us it is an invasive species so use all of it you can. Seeds probably came over in hay from central asia. I tried to find the owner but finally gave up after several days and took its disposal into my own hands. Olivewood olea capensis is native to russia.

Russian olivewood burl slab measuring 10 wide at the bottom 6 wide at the top 8 1 2 long and 1 3 4 thick. 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. He trues up the front for the final design and prepares for comple. It has a hardness near cherry and walnut.