Turners wood wanted

[Chippy]

Thanks for the replys

not too fussy what wood, but nothing too good as I,m still learning, cocked a few pieces up by being too eager to finish them lol

[nepia]

woops...realise this was turning,,not milling,,sorry nepia,,my bad,,,

 

 

You're not wrong Clive: turners' advice to me has included 'mill it, then the thick boards can be cut up for blanks'. Hence what I did to 9" robinia branches.

 

Jon

[delabodge]

You're not wrong Clive: turners' advice to me has included 'mill it, then the thick boards can be cut up for blanks'. Hence what I did to 9" robinia branches.

 

Jon

 

always after robinia burr,,will buy any you get,,,

[Chippy]

Would just like to say a big thanks to armchairarborist, nice wood should keep me going for some time, nice to meet you Ed thanks

[nepia]

always after robinia burr,,will buy any you get,,,

 

 

Just seen this Clive. I was gutted to have missed out on a load of robinia burrs recently near Cobham (a pair of turning vultures had 'em! ): the stump is nearly 6' across. I did get 2.5 pickups of free firewood from it though!

Will bear you in mind.

 

Jon

[delabodge]

cheers jon:thumbup1:

[agg221]

what sort of wood is of interest. and if i have anything will let you know is blackthorn any good. sometimes get bits 5"dia

 

Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but for reference, if you happen across any really large blackthorn, or any other type of plum (6" and upwards in 3' or longer lengths) please do think of me. I want to build my bedroom furniture out of it. Slackbladder and Nepia both have a bit which will go towards it, but I could do with some long bits for the wardrobe.

 

Re. milling short stuff. I have a really useful setup for this - running the Ripsaw mill over a single section of rail, with an end clamp. I did a few lumps of cherry for Scottie with no problems and will happily do more if it helps.

 

Finally, back on thread, I note you've now got some material but if short lengths of apple are any use I should have a few sitting around. They're really unsplit firewood logs, but I'm not exactly short on firewood.

 

Alec

[Chippy]

Thanks for the offer Alec but your too far away.

[agg221]

Not always..... I drive up and down the A1 once a month or so.

 

Alec

[Pete Hart]

Clive, dredging up this old post.... We've got a standing dead robinia at a friends woodland. The tree is coming down this month and its covered in big burrs.

I cut one off last time we where there and it's a beauty. Ill get pics asap. Let me know if your still interested in acacia burrs!!

Pete

 

 

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