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It is a fantastictimber for milling, well worth it. It has a very fine grain, which polishes to a high degree and takes oil etc very well. It is very vey stable, and can be used for many applications, both iside or out, as it is very rot resistant indeed. It doesnt have enough structural integrity for structural work in alot of cases though, as it is a 'short' grained timber- i.e. in small sections it can break diagonally across the grain. It makes fantastic furniture or decorative pieces such as window boards or sideboards etc, and often displays beautiful flame like figuring which can give a 3D ripple effect, somewhat like 'fiddleback' sycamore. Makes good cladding for exterior uses too, and due to its stability can be cut into thin wide waney edged boards for this use. Go for it! It is, however, very poisonous, so wear masks when working it, esp when dry and you are sanding.

Where do i start....... I hate the way they think their products are so superior, when inside is EXACTLY the same hardware as any other computer in the world......an Asus motherboard and a load of other generic chips. I hate the way that they ripped off a load of free ibuntu software (which is what open source software was for) and then claimed it as their own, not giving the slightest acknowledgement to the real developers. I hate the rip off prices. i hate the misguided belief they peddle that there are no viruses out there for apple products.....there are, its just that so few people use them its not worth the virus producers really chasing it. I hate the fact that if you but into it you buy into what apple dictates you use...THEIR email program etc etc- you dont really have any choice.... I hate the bull that is spread about reliability, and that if this is challenged on their help forums your IP address is barred from apple...... I LOVE that way that the I-Pad will NEVER have flash media due to apple wanting to call flash its own and the developers of the software refusing....rendering the I-Pad useless to AT LEAST 25% (and this will only grow exponentially) of the web.... There's plenty more.. you did ask...... I will NEVER have an apple product.

I had an HTC HD2 last year, and it was the biggest P.O.S i ever had. I am assured that newer ones are better, and I wouldnt touch any apple product with a barge pole out of principal. My present phone, nokia n95 8gb is the most awesome thing i have ever used, my choice is to recondition it and carry on (about £60) or have a new nokia, and N8 seemed closest to it for the camera. I was just thinking that if i do get a new one then i would like to be able to do Arbtalk better than at the mo.

Well this is what i was thinking. YOu can hammer these things hard and they just come back for more!! I did think about knocking it down in size in the winter- take the dead off, and let it concentrate on the new growth it's already putting out and see what happens in the spring. At the same time though, I wonder if the extra stress would just finish it- but then again, little to lose by the looks of it.

Big-j, Nobody will touch beech down here. I dont know of another mill that buys it, or is able to sell it on anything like a regular basis, and the one mill that used to do a fair bit in devon gave up a few years ago, citing lack of demand and the fact that everything wants to eat it whilst it dries as being the main two reasons. I have sat on stunning beech boards for years trying to flog them to almost anyone who came into the yard....to no avail. They all have this idea that it is just too plain....most wouldnt even look at it to be educated!!!

Very blue!! Some good carving there Armin.

I am getting a new phone at the start of August, and will be looking at another Nokia, probably the N8 for the camera. However i am unsure whether this tapatalk thing wil work with it. If not, does anyone know which nokias it will work with?

Interesting stuff Fungus.

:blushing:No its not you...I remember now. put a smiley though:thumbup1:

Thanks Fungus. I think you are right. The tree is in an advanced state of decline, and as i said, even the new growth is very poor.

The bark wont burn, and once dry the wood will burn very fast.

So what can be done? Fell, or airspade (i am fairly sure that this woldnt be an option), and would airspade aeration be sufficient. There is a fair bit of epicormic young growth, although even that isnt as good looking as it could be, and i am unsure whether this is the tree fighting back or a last ditch attempt at life!

BTW this is not in cornwall, its in shropshire.

No signs of armillaria at all, and there was no lawn anyway.

Can anybody give me any pointers as to why this yew tree is dying? It is close to 2 driveways, it has been very dry and hot for ages, and as you can see there are bricks around the roots. My thoughts are root compaction, or just dehydration? Any more ideas please. It has got considerably worse since i saw it a month ago, and is now pretty much dead.

Running Bowline it looks like.

(Y)Ew very nice mate! (excuse the pun)

Smear heavy engine grease along the top foot of the fence?

Good stuff mate. Big logs! Is that a norwood lumbermate bandsaw you have?

Given the required amount of determination and patience, and a spirit level, i am sure anyone could do it.

Haha... thanks.

In ten years i havent felt the need to mess with the mixture screws on my 088.

I am a call girl in my spare time.

Haha nice one Mike:biggrin: I dont think he wanted to scratch the paintjob on the 3pl arms:lol: