unusual timber samples needed can you help?

[Beartricks]

I use wood database all the time.

 

I have some Spanish almond wood that I bought and hate using. I only have a small carving axe and it took me hours to split it even though the thing was already cracked right through the heartwood. I have 3/4 of a log in the cupboard because the piece I managed to split fell out of it like a slice of cake rather than splitting right across to the other side like any respectable log.

 

I don't know how much you need but I could send a chunk over in the new year.

 

Edit: Sorry, didn't read closely enough. I'll get a new bandsaw blade from tuffsaws and cut a 4x4x1" chunk out at some point. I could do it tomorrow but my Axminster blade couldn't handle a piece of brown oak that's been giving me hassle and decided to snap.

 

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Edited December 20, 2015 by Beartricks

[se7enthdevil]

i find brown oak fairly easy to cut.

 

i do already have a bit of almond but it's only 1 3/4" sq by 5" long so a larger bit would be best for the database.

 

do you have any other interesting species?

[se7enthdevil]

still looking for any unusual species people, if you have anything on the log pile or one that would usually go in the chipper then please hold a lump back and i'll happily add it to the list of samples going to the states.

[Bird]

I have got some wellingtonia !!! and maybe a few others but how do I get the samples to you ?regards Tom

[wills-mill]

I'll keep my eyes peeled. Surely they've got a fair amount of Welly and Coast Redwood in the States?

[se7enthdevil]

I have got some wellingtonia !!! and maybe a few others but how do I get the samples to you ?regards Tom

 

if we can get a package of timbers together then i will pay for a courier.

 

he does have the species of coastal redwood (sequoia sempervirens) but not giant redwood/wellingtonia (sequoiadendron giganteum) or the dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptostroboides).

 

 

if you have a species that is not on this list then please let me know.

 

By Scientific Name | The Wood Database

[se7enthdevil]

still looking for unusual species so feel free to email me a list of what you might be felling in the near future as i can tell you if there is anything i might want.

[Bird]

Box ? I have a box tree if that's any interest ?

[se7enthdevil]

i'll take it...

[Bird]

How big a sample do you need