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Tony Croft aka hamadryad

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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    dont bring it in the house if just milled, will dry and move to fast. oil it up wax the ends (first) and should be fine, borers tend to leave sharpish in my experience once the oils penetrate
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you must of caught that at just the right time. laeti rot make lovely browns and even tiger oak but boy if it goes a little over you got serious movements and cracking! lovely bit of wood that:thumbup1:
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    been waiting for ages, lovely wood
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    probably whats called hard maple, several species. Norway is a goodun, like granite and popular for blocks, especialy expensive ones like this would be
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    kind of, a lot of hard work involved both prior and to come!
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Off grid lifestyle in rural bulgaria:biggrin:
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    and this statement is the essence of the problem. If we direct our anger and frustrations at the ones who cause those stresses and angers and frustrations (rather than at our own kind, in this case JK)
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    its on;ly just beginning, we move in september, then the world becomes a new and most wonderous place again:thumbup1:
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    man alive, nowt more messed up than the minds of folks listen to wayseer's manifesto
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    We get what we attract, what we manifest, I learned of it, and am indeed as you say, having more than my share of the good life
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    unsustainable practice, we should be looking at more sustainable approaches, and once the customers understand WHY it is a crap thing to do, i mean think about it! threy will avoid kiln dried
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    not at all, means i no longer have to do the night shift on such things, so good on ya:thumbup1:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sounds about right:001_smile:
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    your doing well matty! nice bit of ash that, the bowl gouge takes a bit of practice, avoid the tip and back of the wings and you should be o.k, thats where the catches happen, i just bought a 3/4 inch gouge which has enab.ed me to get better with them. I have gotten so used to scrapers they are my main tool and im getting pretty efficient with just a scraper now. Lots of sharpening keeps it cutting clean as a whistle. I use the sorby pro edge sharpening wise, its pucka but expensive initialy, once you have it all its cheap on belts
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    get the befores!
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    agreed
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    daedaleopsis confrogosa
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    cant beat horse chestnut burr, very lightwieght though, but stunning once polished:thumbup1:
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ive been turning some similar brown oak, that bench is the nuts fella, well done, and dont take less than 750.00
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    its true that when the body is losing its lustre it is a hard thing to take but as for the poor wages, well yes im on the same money as 8-10 years ago, but I couldnt earn this much as unskilled labour in any other job!
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Amid sized Magnolia that the client felt was once again growing too big for its boots.
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    axiom of uniform stress:lol:
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    can only repeat already said, service is second to none, tree source and summerfield. Jo at tree-source is a gem and grossly under appreciated
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thanks fella, gotta get in touch soon for as stock up, chains etc bent thew 56 inch rails, and shredded the belt on my sharpener, snapped some u bolts on the mill, been grafting!
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