Ash

[ekud1946]

Has anyone used Ash wood for scrolling?

[Denny Knappen]

I use Ash for specific projects.  My latest project with Ask is the Sparrow Hawk.  The base is Walnut.

[bandaideman]

I have used when I had it. It was free and I never refuse free It worked well for me and finished as usual. Sorry no pics someday I need to get a camera or a much better phone. 

[Montserrat]

 

I used ash for most of this project

 

[stoney]

White ash that we have here in Michigan is nice wood to work with for many woodworking projects including scroll saw projects.

[Dan]

I've made quite a few intersecting word art plaques from ash. 

[WayneG]

I have used free Ash quite a lot. Its hard and what a good number of baseball bats are made from, really cool grain for the most part. It does dull blades fairly quickly.

Edited October 21, 2017 by WayneG

[Jennifer Moon-Child]

I love ash, I think it's underrated. Not only is it more affordable than say, cherry or walnut, when you can't get it for free, the grain is often very beautiful, more interesting than maple but still a light color. I order it from Ocooch all the time. 

[Lucky2]

Yes Duke, I use white ash quite often, it does show burn marks though. I find it to be very hard, especially when it's well dried.

Len

[Sycamore67]

I love ash and use quite a bit in building cabinets. I also use it in making stand up puzzles like by Judy Peterson.  It is very hard but with nice grain kind of like oak but whitish.

It is relatively cheap and you can get wide boards.  I find that it does not warp as bad as many others.  In the future, it will become hard to get as it is being killed quickly by Emerald Ash Borer.

[Scrolling Steve]

I have done a few projects with it and like the way it works  and looks !

[Rolf]

Wasn't there a big blight that wiped out many ash trees a few years back? I have used it in the past and like working with it.

[RangerJay]

I like working with Ash in the same way I like working with Oak - love the grain and the look it can create in your workpiece - but having said that - I always do a bit of pondering before deciding what woods to use on any project.  I usually leave the heavy grained woods to those projects where the grain will be shown to best advantage and it will complement the pattern.   Way back in the beginning of time I recall using some ash in a few crosses (simply because it was there) with very elaborate fretwork - no more - just doesn't show off the grain.  Projects where it has worked well for me have been in framing portraits or possibly in the portraits themselves (e.g. wildlife or landscape pieces) if there is ample background space to show off the grain - and if that "showing off" actually enhances the overall work.

 

Jay  

[Denny Knappen]

2 hours ago, Rolf said:

Wasn't there a big blight that wiped out many ash trees a few years back? I have used it in the past and like working with it.

Rolf, I think you are referring to the Emerald Ash Borer which is devastating Ash in many areas.  Back when we lived in MN (10 years ago), it was just entering our area.

[Sycamore67]

It is still killing trees in Indiana with most either dead or dying.  I have lost 6 big ash trees on my property.  It is not cheap to have them taken down.  It does make very good firewood.

[ScollSaw Slasher]

Beautiful grain that can be striking. Great for intarsia where the pieces are sizable so that the grain can stand out. Would recommend on smaller cuts to use a straight skip tooth blade because it tends to lift off the table with reverse tooth blades. And yes, it's a little tougher on blades.

[Rolf]

I know it steam bends nicely.

[Bill WIlson]

Ash is very nice wood to work with.  It's lies between white oak and red oak in hardness.  Unfortunately, the Emerald Ash Borer has devastated Western PA ash trees. 

[trackman]

I have a small woods that my brother has taken 22 dead ash trees out of. There are another 20 dead ones to be cut.  A couple of them are three feet across. Just makes me sick to see all the dead ash trees. Just because of a bug. I am in east central Indiana. 

[amazingkevin]

On 10/21/2017 at 12:29 PM, ekud1946 said:

Has anyone used Ash wood for scrolling?

I useda chair seat to scroll once.What ever it was made from was the hardest wood i ever ran across.I had to stop cutting it as it was taking way to long to do what i was doing and switch to something else.I thought it was ash but maybe not?

[poupster2]

I really love working with Ash.  Here's a corner etagere that I made out of Ash 12 years back!!!

Edited October 23, 2017 by poupster2

[Rolf]

That is a very impressive piece! 

 

[hawkeye10]

William I bought some ash today. If I remember right it was about $1.90 a bf. I am excited to see how it does and looks. 

[ekud1946]

4 hours ago, hawkeye10 said:

William I bought some ash today. If I remember right it was about $1.90 a bf. I am excited to see how it does and looks. 

Post later if it worked for you!

Duke

[blights69]

I have had a few pieces turn to ash