se7enthdevil
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Everything posted by se7enthdevil
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i love hornbeam, a vastly underrated timber in my opinion. chopped up and put on the fire too quick...
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i wouldn't bother with the top log as it will split as others have said. the other two wold probably be ok to mill now in to boards as they have less knots and should survive as boards.
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looks good phil, chuck it on next time you're round.
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i think the answer is simple, if it's rotten ring it up. if it's good get it milled. we have enough timber in this country and we should be using it ourselves rather than importing from europe...
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the table and benches i did for jon was fun but getting the table top flat was a pain with only hand tools. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/woodcraft-forum/60100-all-my-woodwork-so-far.html
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agreed, a bit big but i reckon it's alder
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just turned a bit of cherry given to me by phil71 that is strangely yellow... 5" wide and only 25 grams... .
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show off:001_tt2:
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agreed, coconut palm. just to point out, they are not wood... it's a grass.
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too right, look up the rights of an employer and i think the employer is i the wrong. if there have already been accidents at this company then they are very justified in saying "i won't climb it"...
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just found this vid on youtube. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l38qapc3rA[/ame]
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there is no rush from me guys it's just that when the pear gets cut i want a half log bowl blanks and i need to rough it out asap to stop any potential degrade. can't wait for the sumac.
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ooohhh yeah... i'm after a good quality picture myself. and kelly brook.
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some lovely work there terry...
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it all comes with trial and the inevitable error... some timbers i've found just don't need sealing at all like catalpa, tuliptree, small bits of walnut under 10", most acer species, sweet chestnut and planetree.
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sounds great chaps, i've never had sumac before and always look forward to working with a new wood...
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with the fruit woods and others prone to splitting i will always seal the endgrain once roughed out as this will give you the best chance of having a good yield of bowls once dry...
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damn it, why are these woods never closer to me... if you are passing slough i'd be interested... if still in good nick i's offer £30 plus a bowl...
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are you sealing the endgrain or leaving it?
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it varies with the wood a bit, i'll leave 1/2" on little ones and go up to 1" for something 12" across and up to 1 1/2" at 18"
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how thick are you leaving it? this one is only a tiddler (4 1/2") so perhaps that helped. it was a core from a larger bowl that i bough inside the house to see how much weight it lost so i could judge when the rest were dry. i left it next to the fire to force dry it, there was no pith so i was happy that it would be ok. i've had good experiences with all the cherry species...
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next is a wild pear, walnut and lastly a 4 1/2" plum which only weighs 45g. .
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not done too much recently as they are still in the finishing processes but got a few small bowls. firs is that smokebush that phil71 gave me. next is strawberry tree. .
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is that a T4? i've got one of them but never really got round to using it though, reckon the time will come when it will come in handy though. if you are getting vibes from your other routers then they have a balance problem mate. i have the large dw625e and can leave it on full power and let go with no vibration at all.
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well said... you can always get other sized collet's for the 1/2" ones.
