Hollowed Ash Fraxinus Excelsior

[alpineart]

I believe this might be an English Ash "Fraxinus Excelsior" , cant be certain but i doesn't matter .The trunk and base is what swayed me to collect it from a garden ,aren't Mums great , self sown weed so i was told .

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Anyway i cut loose on the trunk and hollowed it out just for something different .Using a drill and some self boring auger bits along with some spade bits i drilled down through the fork then cleaned the heart out .

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A quick trim back to a green bud and we will see if it shows signs of growth in the Spring .This is a roughy but i will detail it if it survives , don't mind which leader throws out the new growth as a decision on a final style is a long way off .Cheers Alpineart

[anttal63]

Seal the cambiums. No extreme conditions for a while, it'll be good as gold! thats what im talkn about my man!

[alpineart]

Hi Ant , 1 down 30 to go .Don't like my chances of get all the carving done , some of the my elms have 200mm bases .Have to cut them down to size with the chainsaw then carve .Cheers Alpine

[anttal63]

Soldier on son! i too have a load of carving to do this year stay tuned!

ps also allow new growth to grow strong and get those cambiums rolling!

[alpineart]

I won't touch this now for a couple of seasons however i will seal it .Need to send the saw to the doctor to make sure its up to the challenge .Cheers

[pascal37]

hi alpine !

It seem that you have to choose one of the two top of your tree !
(sorry for my english !...i'm French)

[pascal37]

with time, you'll have just to re-open the heal....with natural result

[Josh7]

What tools are you guys using to carve & hollow? Dremel? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[pascal37]

i prefer manual tools for carving

..Dremel just for dead wood

just for doing something natural...with time

[alpineart]

hi alpine !

It seem that you have to choose one of the two top of your tree !
(sorry for my english !...i'm French)

Hi Pascal , that decision will come in time .I will see what the new spring growth does then i will remove either left or right branch .Nice looking Ash you have there .Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

What tools are you guys using to carve & hollow? Dremel? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Josh , seriously i use a 010 AV Stihl Chainsaw for the quick removal or reduction in size .Then a 100mm angle grinder fitted with 1-2 or 3 tungsten tips saw blades to cut and slice , drilling and boring with a power drill fitted with either self boring augers or spade bits .Hollowing is done with a Router converted to a die grinder using router bits or a rotory drill/file , then i finish off with a dremel type mini grinder .This doesn't apply to Mame trees .Cheers Alpine

[pascal37]

of course for big tree..as Kimura...or Cheng Kung with manual tools (Sidiao)

[Josh]

Hi Alpineart, do you still have this tree, if so how is it going (any updated photos). I have the chance to get one with a large trunk. I could do 3 airlayers of it and get 2 good trees plus one stiaght trunk part. Do these back bud on the main trunk ok if I take it to a stump about 30cm high x 10cm wide.

Josh

[alpineart]

Hi Kidsandall , mate i haven't seen this tree for quite some time . My guess is the wife has sold it in my absent mindedness over the last 6-9 months . I most certainly haven't got it here .A lot of material has and is being sold off to ease the burden in the next few months as i will be out of action and laid up again very soon . Then again it could be lurking somewhere amongst the jungle of plants .

Cheers Alpine

[Josh]

Thanks for that. Wonder what it looks like now????