tommer9
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The words "very rare" were in that article i mentioned. You ever seen one? I have an amazing oak one at the mo.......but they arent THAT rare..
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Cool tip- ill enquire further about that. Anyone know where i can get a tanker full of sarsons??LOL
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Thanks guys. Ian , what website was that, it is written in a way very similar to a book i have.
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Anyone know of any uses other than snooker cues for this timber, and any durability properties asssociated with it?Someone has got a huge piece they want milling.
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Just looked at the link........like you say, the root ball isnt a true burr, but where the trunk starts out of the ground is worled and used for veneer too.
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Haha- yeah, the bit they are really interested in is the bit where it comes out of the ground, a bit hard to be clear from what the book says, but it sounded to me like the same bit as the stocks come from. I was chatting to someone just now on the fone, and i think that my earlier post need a slight correction- the really valuable bit is when a burr occurs from within the root , but just below OR just on ground level, so that the twistiness of the root ball is part burred. I think THAT is what the guy was referring to, not, as you corrctly say Huck, the plain rootball itself.
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Got the root ball out of the harbour this morning. Was going to put it on the ifor......until the crane driver told me it was weighing nearly 4 tonnes!!!! It took six hours of pressure washing (with my neighbours monster Karcher-thats him in the john deere overalls BTW) to get it to the state of the last picture. It is by far and away the most incredible piece of timber i have ever handled. Even clean it must weigh 3 tonnes still, and the burr goes throughout, right down into where it was in the ground. The effects of the sea and the minerals it grew in have turned parts of it a deep purple colour, other bits are dark brown etc etc. Really excited now to see what it comes out like.
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My first real girlfriend was from Skirlaugh(sp). Isnt that near Beverly?
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I'm pretty sure you're on the right lines- the wood is 'pickled'. As it hasnt been constantly immersed though, i am fingers crossed that we will get away without toooo much cracking. At least movement shouldnt be too much of a problem with 25years on its side slowly seasoning and loads of burrs.
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He is absoloutely correct.
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So what does one do with a 3 tonne oak burr.....
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LOL i may live near redruth, but its not as bad as that:sneaky2:
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Yeah- it comes from the root balls. Check out pages 140-141 of 'wildwood-ajourney through trees' by Roger Deakin. A 4000lb root ball from california once made 12000 square feet of veneer, another tree sold from the Sandringham estate was sold for 5k, and converted to veneer becoming worth 50k!
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Jag and rover and rolls dashboards:001_smile:
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I'm sure that could be arranged somehow. It has been and still is the most interesting and rewarding work i have had i think. I got the rootball back today- 3.75 tons with mud on it. I have just finished pressure washing it after 5 1/2hours, stinking black foul river mud slime all over me and everything else........but well worth it.Pics to follow.
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Dogs are out tonight then, gun loaded, police armed response on speed dial.
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Before you cut anything, get in touch with the likes of rover and rolls royce, they will tell you how to proceed. Walnut should NEVER be felled, and the expense of getting the root ball out is usually worth it. A premium walnut root ball can fetch £10k/tonne!!!
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Thats the secret- get a couple of rings on the end, and they last for ages then. You should never put steel splitting wedges into a felling cut really steve:sneaky2:I find thise plastic things are good until you get a real pig of a fell and a 14lb sledge behind the wedge!!
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A bit more.....[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLT4v7Fha98&feature=related]YouTube - Burr oak Mylor creek part3[/ame]
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Try getting in touch with RobD. He may be interested.
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Haha, yes you did, but actually its not green, its is seasoned. The sap has been driven out of the wood by the sea water, its just very wet! I am told it is not unusual to have done this to timber for the purpose of seasoning. The wood was cracking very quickly after i severed anything. The old guy in the pics has painted stuff over the ends as soon as we got it quayside to try and retain some of tha moisture. As it is seasoned i believe that it will dry in a different manner to the way green wood full of sap dries. i expect to have cracking in all directions to combat, which hopefuly the treatment today will slow a bit. Time will tell. I will dry it as slowly as i can, and probably leave it out of doors, in stick, for a few winter months.
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Yeah- great job, and lovely wood. Having milled wood that has been in the sea before, i am a little concerned that it will be a 'cracking' job in more ways than one....Time will tell.
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The 341 is a bit of a white elephant i reckon. The 361 is the same weight but loads more powerful. I have only stihl saws, including a 361(best saw ever IMO) but would consider a husky 346xp in over an 026. Maybe have a look at one of those. Light and powerful from what i can tell.
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I'll probably announce the milling of the burry stuff inadvertently as it were- come down then- it will be worth seeing. But you are welcome anytime mate!!
