What wood do you want?

[blakes11]

What a cheeky bugger! Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!

[bellringer]

I've steadily been saving timber and cutting blanks over the past 6 months.

 

I've now got a really nice garage full of laburnum, judas, acacia, spalted beech/sycamore/cherry/birch, some beautiful figured cherry, eucalyptus (which smells incredible when turning it!), and yew.

Must have at least 40 decent sized laburnum bowl blanks cut and a load more spindle blanks. With a stack more of it at the yard drying. I love the colour of laburnum, its easily my favourite wood to turn with too.

 

Just makes me sad to think of what I've put through the chipper over the years or logged. But no longer!!

 

 

advanced arborcare Ltd - Tree Surgeons Poole Home

 

Do you Sell your Blanks

[Chippy]

He deserves not to be let in your yard again tight sod.

[bellringer]

I've had a wood turner / carver helping himself from my yard for the last 18 months.

When asked what I wanted I've always said to just make me the odd piece whenever he feels he's had enough wood to warrant it. Never had a thing even though he's in the yard for two or three bits every week.

Saw him at a show the other week and he's had a lovely bowl on display.

I pointed out that I quite fancied the bowl. His reply was that he'd knock me 25% off !!!!!!!

I paid the full price but told him from now on he'd be paying full price for any timber he wanted.

Idiot!!!!!

 

 

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That over steps the mark i all way give something to people that give me timber

[se7enthdevil]

those turners are the ones that give the rest of us a bad name.

 

being offered free wood is all well and good but i'll always try and make that kind person a bowl or goblet to thank them

[nepia]

I've steadily been saving timber and cutting blanks over the past 6 months.

 

I've now got a really nice garage full of laburnum, judas, acacia, spalted beech/sycamore/cherry/birch, some beautiful figured cherry, eucalyptus (which smells incredible when turning it!), and yew.

Must have at least 40 decent sized laburnum bowl blanks cut and a load more spindle blanks. With a stack more of it at the yard drying. I love the colour of laburnum, its easily my favourite wood to turn with too.

 

Just makes me sad to think of what I've put through the chipper over the years or logged. But no longer!!

 

 

advanced arborcare Ltd - Tree Surgeons Poole Home

 

 

 

Putting the rest of us to shame there; good effort.

If you ever get any catalpa keep it; it's little known for turning in this country but it's popular in the States as it's iridiscent when polished.

Edited October 11, 2013 by nepia

[bobh]

Got given a large lump of yew that had been sat in the back of a tree surgeons shed for a few years. First bowl I made from it went straight round to him, saw him again the other day and got presented with a good sized piece of walnut. What goes around comes around.

[Dan Earp]

Off topic for a min but whats this wood? For the life of me i cant remember yet i know it !!!

 

Id disced it up about 2weeks ago and now theres all these fantastic colours

[bellringer]

Is it yew

[kev7937]

Is it yew

 

Certainly looks like it.

 

Burns too well to save for the turners though.