Klaymeb
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Ahhhhhhh she's gorgeous! Must take after her mummy Congrats both of you x
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Cheers, I'm not selling that particular one as I'm keeping it as my first prototype but yeah when I get a decent amount of wood in I'd like to try selling them
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Oh I see thought he meant something to do with it absorbing the preservative better or something (doh). No I haven't, I was thinking about doing it but I was seeing if people look underneath and they don't seem to so I don't know if it would be worth it if they'll be sitting on the ground? Thanks for the tips everyone, got some things to think about now
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Thanks for the post Yeah I know exactly what you mean.. if it was for me or any of my family I'd use a big vat of poisonous decent stuff but I'm just trying to cover myself for anyone trying to cash in on the whole "I thought it was an actual mushroom so I tried to eat it and had a seven hour operation, where's my cheque" thang might sound paranoid but that's the sort of bad luck I seem to have I'm thinking if I just mention the preservative contents on the carving's label it should relieve me of that sort of responsibility? If it's fine when it's dry then it's not a problem
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All these compliments! I thought about tung/danish oil when I was at a wood turning class the other day but as you say they seem to come in small amounts and are quite expensive.. do you know of any particular mixes I could look for?
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Cheers No I haven't, should I?
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Cheers everyone, didn't expect any feedback on the mushroom itself actually, gives me some hope! Tommy - Barrettine seems quite expensive normally but I got it trade price which was handy John - I've got the Wickes one too actually, it's got a much lower toxic stuff content on the back but I haven't tried it yet as it looks quite dark? What colour do you use? Does anyone know where you can get a fairly cheap (preferably not highly toxic ) clear preservative? I know Barrattine do one but wondered what everyone else uses
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Yeah both me hehe, I'm a dark horse ;) -
Hehe, gracias look forward to seeing you
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Hey guys, I've been practising some mushroom chainsaw carving (here's one I made earlier ) and wanted to apply preservative. I used Barrettine and as it's got all the toxic symbols on the back I wondered if it's no longer toxic when it's fully dry? Just wanted to check before someone's cat/child/spouse licks it and keels over Cheers, Jenny
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Taken near Dumfries on the drive back up from England last week. Not the best quality as I was hanging out the window at the time
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LMAO
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Jesus, spose you'd have to remove it if the Blue Man Group are living in there
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Oh my god, what the hell is wrong with people?! I'll keep an eye out for anything a bit sus looking, in the meantime we can go on a rampage if you like
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Laurel – Love the smell, but is it really bad for you?
Klaymeb replied to John Hancock's topic in General chat
I was exactly like that after chipping a load of it one day, felt really sick and thumping headache, not good. Still rather chip that than London Plane though! -
Meant to mention I've got my CS30 and passed my CS31 on Thursday
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I've been offered the chance to try out chainsaw carving on some fallen limbs in a local park but I wondered how this work would with insurance; whether I would need personal/ third party or if the park would cover it etc, and if I did get insurance to cover carving in public, how would it cover me for working in peoples' gardens and such? Just need a general idea of it all really please
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Thanks everyone, I was anticipating a barrage of criticism but apparently not I use this to carve out the spoony shape Greenman Bushcraft - Cutting Tools > Frosts 162 Bushcraft Spoon Carving Knife, it took a lot more time and effort than the rest of the spoon, I don't know if that's normal or if I haven't quite got the technique for that yet. If you mean smooth as in properly smooth, I have no idea how that will happen yet any tips anyone?
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Just an update in case everyone thought I had abandoned the spoon thang After several attempts with too seasoned wood (someone suggested it would be good so I thought I'd try, many hours and plasters later I decided it wasn't), I took a bit of cherry from a tree we worked on the other day and had a go. Just thought I'd upload a picture of the rough shape I've got so far, seems to be much easier than before
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PAHAHAHAH! I did that at college (minus the dog mess) Ironically it was on comic relief so I did a nice little jig in front of all the visitors... the same day my friend shut his car boot only for all the glass to shatter out
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Update - blue rubber gloves and a yorkshire pudding
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Yeah that's him, we do some work with him at my company. I didn't know he was on here though?
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Wow, that's lovely
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Found it just now, thought it was quite amusing (and having done Council tree work, all too familiar) BBC - Film Network - The Tree Officer
