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Looks great , is it staying where it is?

Looks like a duck to me, great first attempt. Cool table centre pieces

Never carved Ash, so dont know. Oak seems to darken more than Syc especially the heartwood, Syc seems to go slightly golden.

Yes, Teak oil will darken some woods, suppose it all depends on budget and the type off finish you want for that particular piece.

I use'd to use Danish oil on out side stuff but found it didnt stop the mold to well, just use it on indoor peices now.

For outside stuff just use a clear decking oil, or teak oil.

Thanks Gerrit

Done a quick search for Aurantioporus fissilis decay strategies, only thing i could find was that it's a heartwood decay fungus. ill have a look in my books tomorrow and do a more detailed search to see if i can find some more info.

Still developing and now has a neighbour.

First three pics are from 14/4/11

Next three are from 4/5/11

Was wondering if our new fungal friend has any suggestions

Wow Welcome to the forum Fungus

Happy birthday Steve

Thats it. Thanks Mr H

Looked through Jordans, Keizer + fung directory and cant find anything close. It’s fruiting on some Pine i milled for a raised veg bed Quite funky looking so im intrigued to know what it is, Any ideas?

Thanks for all the comments

Nice one

what did you use to sand it?

Used a 115mm angle grinder, started with 36 grit – 100 on the grinder then 80-120 finished by hand.

Quite brilliant.

 

What oil did you use to finish it off?

A few coats of Teak oil.

Thanks

Took about 3 days from log to finished bench David. didnt do it all in one go tho, had strimming and mowing to do, most of the time was spent sanding and moving it into position.

Awesome good find

This Yew was uprooted in the same 07 gales as the shell Yew, as it fell across the woodland path it was cleared up the same year and the severed trunk has lain there since.

Following a little project to return the base stones of an umbrello seat to there original historical location, which is practically right next to the fallen yew it made sense to try and carve a bench/seat to complete it. It’s biggest and heaviest carving ive done so far.

Photos:

Uprooted Yew.

Base stones for seat.

Base stones for seat returned to there original location.

Yew trunk.

Carving.

Sanding.

Finished oiled bench.

Looking good

Nice carvings, looks like an owl to me The Bear is awesome

Thanks all for the nice comments

Awesome joinery:thumbup1:

Quality work Ray

Bloody builders:thumbdown:, nice pics of the Flammulina/Velvet shank feeding on the dead wood.

Getting a nice tilth, Are you laying the turf by hand?

Nice job, shame about the fire damage to the tree, builders i assume

No, i do it all the time.

whos monkeying around on the monkey bars in pic 4

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