Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

Tony Croft aka hamadryad

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    18,973

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    a particularly wet spot
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ganoderma australe and Rigidiporus ulmarius
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    heres a couple of my recent playings with wood, never been happier than now. small chunky spalted sycamore table, just waxed, and same with oak table, both sold, now mrs misses the oak one so much have to make a mark two for keepers!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I love playing with you:biggrin:
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    locust?
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    nope! Ganoderma applanatums, yes comatus and trametes versicolour losing your touch old bean!
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    suspect that there be scale my good man
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    love that funky spoon!
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Hi, there is nothing more satisfying than cutting ones own timber and getting something of use from it. Ive been milling, and now turning for just over a year now. I would suggest taking the best three or four slabs out of the middle, these will be quarter sawn at this point, and the top and bottom slices left thick these make ideal bowl blanks, or flip them over and you have the top of a bench. This for me makes the most of the timber, and iof the top and bottom become bowls that sentimental value can be shared with family and friends.
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    oh dear, knees and jerks spring to mind
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    another lamb-i-kin to the slaughter:thumbup1:
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    watford herts, seen a bit of your posting here, maybe one day we should have an arbtalk turners stand all of us at the APF:001_cool: yes it is ash butrr, i love it, even more than oak burr, so delicate and subtle:001_tt1:
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    cedar really surprised me, makes lovely bowls
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    ha ha welcome to the madness! You wont regret it, most of the time!
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    absolutely no need to justify your work on this Steve, thats a top job mate, but you know that anyway. There is nothing more that can be done with such trees, bloody awesome job fella.
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I am dying to get my hands on some myself, not one commonly felled. I think I may have felled three in 30 years! oh the waste, all a learning curve, that bowl looks awesome
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    anyone using the old rope through the fork technique these days needs retiring. Only came here to say well done on pushing 70k on the thread adam, good job
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    No 2 days are the same for me now, was a fullti e climber for 28 years then sold the house bought some milling kit a lathe a thickness-er and planer etc etc been making bowls tables and other things three or four days a week while still keeping my hand in climbing, I love my life right now, but then I always did, just following my heart,
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    so true, upgraded to a KandN:thumbup1:
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I know a lot of folk, far more than i can know close, i have hundreds of friends, and scores i can call close, but only a handfull can i say make me hurt when they hurt. Until such time this stops choking me thats all i have to say, feeling you bro, you know where i stand.
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    the interesting thing is to the right you have brown oak, fistulina, with laeti to the left, just goes to illustrate my theory on growth stimuli via fistulina
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    just cleaned the worst of the white rot on the edges so bit of playing but essential was tree like in form
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    sort out the world trade organisation for a bloody start.
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    its a one inch thick slice of an oak burl, 3-4 ft across drying out ready to oil anf finish as a wall hanging in my new stone barn workshop
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Just stopping by for a look see, nice work guys, aint the turning life the best! should have started 20 year ago

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept