se7enthdevil
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mill the log you reclaimed from the deep and sell the lumber. is it true bog oak??? the oak you poses should be fine for what goes in to the water and should lats 15 years without treatment. for something that will last 25-40 years i would pick greenheart or ekki
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that should be milled not logged. some one rescue this tree..
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Anyone buying sawlogs in Cornwall?
se7enthdevil replied to Robert.Hosking11's topic in Milling Forum
try mendip logs, he's always looking for big butts... -
Bandsaw 36" Stenner 3 phase | eBay did you mean this one? to add a link you copy and paste the long line of gibberish that makes up the address.
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up to 4' in diameter??? trees that size should be milled...
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good straight stick, should make some lovely boards...
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suffolk matt, if you are coming this way to collect the lathes i'll happily show you the ropes whilst your in the area. i live not far from stihlben and you are welcome to pop in.
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if you feel like getting rid of your forester saw then let me know as i'll happily take that for nowt.
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if it's all for firewood cut them in to rings and roll them down the hill...
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if it's just for show then use what you like but if it's for use as a proper wagon wheel then i wouldn't argue with so many years of knowledge and use ash...
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not all shavings are the same colour as the wood. i turned some ipe recently which is a lovely chocolate brown and the dust and shavings were distinctly greenly tinged...
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the clue might be in the word "wood" those videos use plywood and other videos use wood, not mdf.
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managed to rip open my left hand a few years ago whilst (and don't laugh at this) holding the turned finial in my left hand and with the battery drill in the other that had a forstener bit in it, i commenced drilling... i succeeded in drilling the recess in the finial but it then slipped and i ripped a large part of the skin from my left hand. basically the bit between my thumb and finger was lifted open in a flap like bit about 1/4" thick showing the underside on my skin. i got off lightly and i'm glad it was nothing like this. the only benefit i got was a fascinating lesson in hand anatomy that the student nurse didn't seem to have the stomach for.
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do you mean the neck??? 25-30" is 630mm - 750mm wide... are you making a guitar or a coffee table? scarlet oak (quercus coccinea) will be hard to find in that sort of size and even some of our natives will be hard to find at 2 1/2 feet wide. i would suggest for wide boards that you go for beech, ash, doug fir, cedar, sycamore, plane, poplar, elm or an exotic species that can be readily found at that width like iroko, sapele, mahogany, idigbo or bubinga. is it for looks or performance.
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that's a big head for a guitar? did you type that correctly?
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i thought that they were probably that one. doesn't really matter as i said the timbers are very similar and for such a good wood it would be a shame to see it go to waste as logs. makes very durable outdoor furniture.
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trunks like that should be milled... it's excellent timber. was never sure which species leylandii reffered to so here are the two that i think they could be. chamaecyparis lawsonia cupressus leylandii both are featured on these pages and although the port orford cedar is the better quality they are pretty much identical from a dried wood point of view. Port Orford Cedar | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Softwoods) Lawson's cypress misc cypress
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big j could answer that as he will sell you yew if he has any. from the joiners perpective, i'm yet to make anything from yew but i hope someone will ask one day and personally i would not wish to pay more than £30ft3 unless it's really nice material.
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a very under rated timber in my opinion. if left to grow (rare given the undeserved hatred of it) it will yield a very good timber and the branches make great firewood. as a turner i'd be interested in that trunk as it barely moves or splits even in large sizes. looks quite nice too and takes a decent polish.
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bit of a palava if you ask me in those vids but i assume the chainsaw is all you have. i'd quarter the whole tree and put it through a 30" rip saw .
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interesting way of turning it.
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i cut the large hedge back at the end of the garden and let it dry for 6-8 months and put it in the stove and was pleasantly surprised as to how hot it got. great stuff.
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i got asked to make these recently. .
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hows this for an ebay bargain... 1 x tct sawblade 480 x 4.4 x 30b x 60t t/chip timber / wood 940 19-20" blades cost £200+
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quarter sawn timber is cut from the tree for stability purposes and usually it looks nicer too. the growth rings of a quarter sawn plank run perpendicular to the two broad faces of the plank and in oak will show up those beautiful medular rays. the image below explains how you can cut it.
