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So i received my new 24" alaskan + bar and chain from rob d yesterday. Assembled it and found an hour to play this afternoon. Put it on one of my 051av and milled a 30" length of yew id rescued from the neighbours wood pile. They had a yew cut down and didnt say anything, gutted to see it in 30" butts but better than logs,

Beautiful colouring and with a few minor pockets of rot.

Need to work on my technique i think as a few scuff marks but first time milling alone so very happy.

Sorry about photo quality, damaged my camera lens.

James:thumbup:

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To be honest there's day fair few of them I could mill, but not sure how they will dry being so short? Probably make a small side table out of this one if good enough when dry.

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... gutted to see it in 30" butts but better than logs...
Could have been worse. Someone I know recently had a yew felled in her garden. She'd recently gained her CS30+31 and wanted to practice. I was in a group, which included two turners and three carvers, when she blithely & proudly announced she'd processed it into firewood. It was a bit like a pack of ravenous wolves and the last lamb in the field.
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Mill a few of them up - don't go too mad as there will always be more wood out there to mill

 

 

Try and keep your stored drying timber neat and tidy so it doesn't start over whelming you. Mine did for a while but I have beaten in back under control again now!

 

 

 

 

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