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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Andy Coates on January 23, 2012, 10:09:29 PM

Title: sequoiadendron giganteum
Post by: Andy Coates on January 23, 2012, 10:09:29 PM

Anybody got any idea if sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) has any commercial value in the UK?

Title: Re: sequoiadendron giganteum
Post by: Bryan Milham on January 23, 2012, 10:39:06 PM

Matchsticks?

Title: Re: sequoiadendron giganteum
Post by: woodndesign on January 24, 2012, 01:35:17 AM

It's a little reading and it is wikipedia .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron) ...  in short as Dr4g put it ...   mainly for shingles and fence posts, or even for matchsticks  if you could get the lumber to the Mill.

Title: Re: sequoiadendron giganteum
Post by: Paul Hannaby on January 24, 2012, 04:51:16 AM

I like turning it - no doubt there are others too so perhaps it could be sold as either slabs or bowl blanks etc?