Timber for between centres work

[se7enthdevil]

Here are a couple of the logs... spalted?

 

those logs look ok jon.

 

strangely yellow, i've only seen that twice before.

[bob]

those logs look ok jon.

 

strangely yellow, i've only seen that twice before.

 

That's yellow just because it's freshly cut

They are all like that

Won't be yellow that next week imo

[nepia]

There's also some sneaky software input at play that may be worth remembering if you're trying to talk up the yellowness of a timber: the pics were taken with my son's phone and it enriched the yellow colour in response to the red trousers. There was a pic taken without the trousers and the yellow was considerably paler.

That all said the wood is a rich deep yellow - for now.

[se7enthdevil]

i suppose the colour doesn't matter it's just that i have seen very yellow cherry before and it looks lovely...

 

i'll see if i have a pic.

[se7enthdevil]

here you go, pale banana yellow when dry...

 

 

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[mickdundee]

you don't have to turn it now mick, if it's dropped first you then drill the pith and seal the ends as this will keep it whilst you find the time to eventually turn it.

 

 

Cheers Steve. I'll have a word with him and see if I can get to it. Although if it was gonna spalt it might have already. Pretty sure it's been dead at least all summer, even though it was in good leaf

 

 

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[dervishcarving]

you don't have to turn it now mick, if it's dropped first you then drill the pith and seal the ends as this will keep it whilst you find the time to eventually turn it.

 

what do you mean by drill the pith steve?

[se7enthdevil]

the pith is the very center of the tree.

 

as the tree dries it will concentrate the compression around the pith and lo and behold you get a radial split like a missing pizza slice...

 

drilling the pith allows it to get compacted without tension building up in the outer rings resulting in a split.

 

 

trees with natural holes in the pith like monkey puzzle, ailanthus, walnut and catalpa all survive with little or no radial splitting.