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1 hour ago, Mr. Ed said:

We've got a few Robinia Pseudoacacia - Most varieties (like ours) have a natural tendency to be rather wobbly (go all over the place) and certainly sucker. I think the variety they grow in plantations in Hungary where it's the most planted tree is called "ship mast" or something like that. There's a ghost site out there bigging it up as a wonder-tree for Ireland. Pleased to see the inside of it! If we wait fifty years we might have a few bits straight enough!

I will try and mill some up and see what the outcome is. 👍

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On a much smaller scale than you AJS I had some 10" Robinia branchwood milled at 1" some years ago; made beautiful waney edged rustic shelves

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5 hours ago, nepia said:

On a much smaller scale than you AJS I had some 10" Robinia branchwood milled at 1" some years ago; made beautiful waney edged rustic shelves

Sounds lovely. Cheers mate! 👍

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58 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

I've got a robinia table for the patio, think it's becoming more and more common for outdoor furniture. None of the wood is big, table top is small slats.

Do you give it a finish of any sort or just let it be? 

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1 hour ago, AJStrees said:

Do you give it a finish of any sort or just let it be? 

Only had it since June, so we just used it raw wood then put it in shed. Think maybe oil when we get it out again.

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On 31/03/2023 at 18:22, AJStrees said:

Nice, I was thinking the small shelf sections looked like oak. But the backing boards are really. 👍

Yes apologies, the shelves are oak 

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13 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Do you give it a finish of any sort or just let it be? 

For my indoor use no, no treatment; I didn't want to spoil the colour.  It was finely sanded, that's all

 

As has already been said it is very stable while drying; a small amount of end split in the boardswas all it suffered

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Nothing overly glamorous but still good to be able to utilise Douglas and free windblown spruce to knock up a shed over the little woodlands. Using it to mill as much of the timber and build over it as I go, no real plans as such just fag packet engineering and lots of staring with a coffee type of build. 

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25 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Nothing overly glamorous but still good to be able to utilise Douglas and free windblown spruce to knock up a shed over the little woodlands. Using it to mill as much of the timber and build over it as I go, no real plans as such just fag packet engineering and lots of staring with a coffee type of build. 

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Like those posts. They look great. 👍

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