Free Yew for carving / turning

[Luke Quenby]

Hi all, have attached a few pictures of some of the yew I don't want / can't do much with!

 

There is one piece may be interest to chainsaw carvers, about 6' long and 18 - 22" wide, lots of spurs and stems off of it.

 

Then there are a few cuts from the butt, around 12 - 24" wide and a selection of lengths 3 - 9' long, 3 - 8" wide.

 

The pictures arn't the greatest, and the 'heap' of lengths I need to sort through a bit as I want about half of the bits in there, but if anyone thinks they can put any of it to good use, free to a good home!

 

Located in Old Warden, near Biggleswade, Beds. No immediate hurry on moving it, but pm me or reply ito this thread if your interested.

 

Cheers, Luke

[yewhunter18]

How far are you from Huddersfield or Scotland , cheers lee

[Luke Quenby]

A long way! Huddersfield, at a guess, 150 - 180 miles, About 3 miles from the A1 though, very easy to get to, sg18 9hq postcode if that helps......

[yewhunter18]

Ahh I see way to far love yew , as my name inplys , cheers lee

[agg221]

Hi Luke,

 

Any of the thinner bits (3-8in) straight to 6ft without side branches along any of the faces, i.e. they don't have to have no side branches at all, but there's a line of sight end to end without side branches? Anything 6ft+ that meets that description is very interesting.

 

Alec

[yewhunter18]

Hi Luke can I have it please I'll be down there in a week or two if so can u have the lot cheers lee

[Daniël Bos]

Hi Luke,

 

Any of the thinner bits (3-8in) straight to 6ft without side branches along any of the faces, i.e. they don't have to have no side branches at all, but there's a line of sight end to end without side branches? Anything 6ft+ that meets that description is very interesting.

 

Alec

 

Why? Longbow?

[agg221]

Why? Longbow?

 

Yep. Haven't done one for a while but am always aware of nice staves, and the bit at the bottom of the picture looks promising!

 

Alec

[Tommy_B]

Hello Mate. I've got a mate that might be interested in that. I'm not too far away from you either.

[Luke Quenby]

Hi Luke,

 

Any of the thinner bits (3-8in) straight to 6ft without side branches along any of the faces, i.e. they don't have to have no side branches at all, but there's a line of sight end to end without side branches? Anything 6ft+ that meets that description is very interesting.

 

Alec

 

Hi Alec, if it was all like that I'd have every longbow maker in the land on my case!!

 

In this batch, there are no bits that are probably quite good enough, but I have 4 more to take down over the next few weeks and if there are any suitable bits I'll be sure to give you a shout.

 

Cheers, Luke