Squaredy

9 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Squaredy this is link you may want to think on  ?  ,Look at the beam behind it is wet 

Specsavers Opticians Newport - Spytty Road | Specsavers U

Mmmm yeah the wet beam behind is neither Ash or Poplar.  Looks like Cedar of Leb to me.  And yes Specsavers Spytty are my opticians of choice...  Told me my eyes are fine I just need longer arms and brighter lights....  

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

That’s from same stash done a couple of weeks ago. 
cheers 

Yeah that's certainly Ash.  Still think the original pics are not Ash.

7 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Yeah I’ll trim off an end tomorrow and stick some pics up. It’s been laid at mine for ages. Poplar any good for working with  if it is that ??

By the way I meant to say slice a bit along the grain - that will show the grain much better.

Pop is a useful timber but it depends what you are doing.  Very stable and quick drying.  Can be attractive, but not hard or very strong.  Excellent resistance to burning and absorbs shocks well.  Not durable outdoors (neither is Ash of course).

11 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Hi All 

looking to start a little job I’ve been meaning to do for a while, digging out some pieces of timber that might do the trick once milled. Had this for a while and was just looking for confirmation of type. 
cheers 

Difficult to tell from those pics, but I think more likely Poplar.  Can you chainsaw off a little slice to show the grain?

Yes but let's remember there has not yet been an instruction to stop work.  Work from home if you can, if you can't then go to work but take precautions.

A lot of people seem to think we have all been told not to work, which is not the case.  Of course if you can stop work then great, but many people cannot.

I guess the delay means many of us will need to use overdrafts or credit cards to tide us over.  So I think that should be workable for most.  To be self-employed you should be able to manage peaks and troughs to a degree.  I for one have many times had to use overdraft and interest free periods on credit cards to enable me to buy stuff for business or even to pay workers.

One option I did consider was applying for a job doing deliveries for a third party in conjunction with Amazon.  In my area they are offering people with a small van and a cleanish license £143 per day self-employed basis full time.  With the roads so quiet that is quite an attractive option just as a stop-gap.  Come to think of it I find that quite attractive full stop.  £700 per week and diesel, would be way more than I have earned since I entered the world of Trees in 2008.

Just now, trigger_andy said:

Any pictures? 

 

A short reply will do.  

This thread is great, made me smile more than most of the posts in the Jokes thread.....

3 hours ago, Calamity Wayne said:

What's the diameter at the top end? I'm not in the market and nowhere near your area but just curious to know how you calculate rough volume and what the minimum use-able diameter is regarded as being?

Not exact science, just experience suggests Sequoia of this size at base is likely to be two feet half way up and OP says it is 20m of trunk.  Sequoias tend to not vary a lot in the UK, but it is only an estimate to give an idea of value.

2 hours ago, charlie6 said:

Hi, 

Looking to try and find the value of timber.

Large Wellingtonia. 

1.8m diameter @ base cut. 20m of timber. Tree was 27m. 

Good access road side, location Dumfries. 

It is all about finding a customer. If you find someoine who has a need for it probably worth around £60 per cubic metre.  At a rough estimate from what you said it is 5.5 cubic metres so value £330.  A lot of people would expect it delivered for that price though.

If you can't find a buyer you will have to pay to have it removed.  The real value is in milling it, drying it and then converting it into beautiful furniture, but if that is not your business it is not your business.

8 hours ago, Forest2Furniture said:

I've had a call from a guy who has a fallen Walnut he wants me to mill.

However, looking at the photos he sent, it ain't Walnut!

 

You may be tempted but please DON"T post THAT youtube video !

Got any more photos?

6 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

SE Cornwall?

A bit far maybe I am South East Wales.  They could be delivered to me but profit starts to ebb away....

10 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

2 & 3 are achievable....

 

1 is near impossible - either for reasons of irrational emotional attachment or the complete absence of a punter willing to part with folding which equates to the Herculean effort of (a) milling it in the first place and (b) moving it around the yard twice a year for 10 years....

 

It is the ultimate fools errand!

Or sell it to me at wholesale prices and I find the punters....not so much money, but easy....as long as you are sort of in my neck of the woods.

Update: I have emailed my MP who says sorry it is a devolved matter, down to the Welsh Assembly.

 I therefore emailed my local Assembly Member who replied saying they are having a meeting on site to consider it next week.

And I have made my own video of it and shared it with the local paper who did an article about this particular road three years ago, so they may do a ‘Three Years On’ type of article.

12 hours ago, arboriculturist said:

This is surely the place to ask, as I am looking for Pallet loads of Hessian bagged kindling. Yes the bags cost more, but they are not plastic and more and more people are starting to accept that you have to pay a little more if we are ever going to get away from using plastic.

 

I have seen a constant stream of adverts on here from people offering their pallet loads of plastic netted kindling. 

 

We have all heard the excuses, some of which are valid, some are not.

 

Perhaps there is one supplier, somebody somewhere who is prepared to be the pioneer ? and yes I know I'm not going to like the price ?

Good question, I hope someone comes up with the goods.

I have been considering buying in firewood but I could never entertain netted logs for the same reason.  The thought of the archaeologists of the future digging down through the layers and there is no question they will call this era the Plastic Age.  Even if the vast majority gets properly disposed of some just ends up in the environment.  And in our lungs.

As usual they are missing a trick.  Would be so much simpler to abolish red full stop.

Why should farming be an exception?  I personally think farming subsidies are very harmful.

34 minutes ago, Riich said:

Sequoiadendron Giganteum Timber.

 

Is anyone on here interested in some timber?  Large butts from two trees for sale, do get in touch. delivery possible, thanks.

As you are in Tonbridge I assume these trees are in Kent?  In which case wrong area for me sadly...

The modern type of fretsaw is called a scrollsaw - like this: 

Titan TTB703SSW 410mm Electric Scroll Saw 240V | Scroll Saws | Screwfix.com

WWW.SCREWFIX.COM

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Order online at Screwfix.com. Variable speed scroll saw. Suitable for cuts in wood, plastic and metal. Ideal for model...

2 hours ago, The avantgardener said:

My grandad used to make things like this with a foot peddled, bench mounted fret saw, he had hundreds of amazing patterns on grease proof paper, I wish I had it. You could buy a normal fret saw from screwfix, time consuming but it isn’t hard to get a decent result.

These old fret saw machines are surprisingly common.  Look up Hobbies fret saw and you will find them.  Here is one on ebay: 

1950's "Hobbies" Pedal Operated Fret Saw

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Lacking belt. ===========================================...

Aaaahhhhh lovely but I meant the photos of you covered in gore!

11 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

 

5am this morning,

Awoken by my excited 9 yr old daughter.

The cat was freaking out and meowing solidly.

The four kittens were tied in a bundle by umbilical cords and other "stuff".

Half awake with a pair of nail scissors trying desperately not to trim a leg or tail as this mass of wriggling mewling kittens tries to escape.

15 near wracking minutes later all is calm.

4 happy kittens, 1 happy cat and I'm covered in blood,****, and unidentifiable "stuff".

Spring is here!

 

Awesome, let's have the photos then...

Update: I have reported this to Newport City Council via their website.  Of course they are well aware of it already, but I am very interested to know what they say.  I will be taking it further in other ways also - I can't believe most of the local people are apparently content to just ignore tipping on this sort of scale. 

I know councils are up against it but there comes a point when something has to be done.

9 hours ago, Witterings said:

As per title really ... I'm a stove newbie since October so am still in the honeymoon period and clean the glass every time in between fires with just kitchen towel and water and the majority of the time any residue comes off pretty easily although there have been a few logs that have made quite a mess and left somethig really hard to remove ... almost like they've some chemical in them that stains the glass.

 

I can see the novelty value will wear off at some stage (unless I can convince the Mrs it's a pink job ? ) and won't want to do it every time but for the same token don't want to trash it by not doing it often enough so it becomes really hard to clean and you can't get it all off. 

 

Interested to know what others do ... google searching suggests dipping a wet kitchen towel in the ash gets rid of most stuborn stuff ... surprised that doesn't scratch the glass which means the next time residue will get in the scratches making it even harder to get out?? 

About once a year if it needs it.  And if there is any soot a scourer and cream cleaner works for my Morso.

But I burn really dry wood and generally it keeps itself clean.

6 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

I think it’s already in there 

And also in the tip sites of GarageTalk, WindowTalk, AsbestosdisposalTalk, Can'tbearsedtogotothetipTalk, TootighttodoitproperlyTalk, ShitinmyownbedTalk, OutofmywaysonothingelsemattersTalk.

I am quite embarrassed to say this is in my area (though I didn't know about it).  What the hell are Newport City Council (the landowners) playing at?  And why have they not been taken to court.  There are laws about keeping public land free of litter, but this lot has been building up for over twenty years.

The abandoned dual carriageway 'road to nowhere' that's become a disgusting illegal dump - Wales Online

WWW.WALESONLINE.CO.UK

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A closed section of road off the A48, near Coedkernew, Newport, thought never to have been used is now piled high...

Finally it has got into the press so maybe they will be shamed into taking action, but the clear up will cost millions.

1 minute ago, jmac said:

I'd be interested in it. Where are you based? 

I am not too near you sorry, I am in South Wales.