se7enthdevil
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aren't those a couple of small trees to the left of his house???
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i see your point but it could be a problem couldn't it. it should be strong enough as that is the front leg of the benches and the leg is 4" square and the rails 4"x2". there is a shoulder the other side of the joint that you cant see but i didn't think it would need it on the top as 1" of material then 1" of tenon and 2" of square material is damned strong... i put a large thick screw through once glued to sure it up in to both tenons going from the inside of the framework so both heads are visible in the 2" square bit. if it was a thinner bit of wood it may be a problem doing this sort of joint but being 4" (well 95mm after planing) even if you dropped the this bench i'd be surprised if it failed in anyway.
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the biggest would be the hornbeam ones i turned for the london skittles club which you can see in the http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/woodcraft-forum/60100-all-my-woodwork-so-far-7.html thread. they were a special commission but the most common are the 4 1/2" - 5" sizes. the best wood is wood that is the hardest. colour really doesn't matter as long as it has no major flaws. rot spalting and large splits are a no no. but small bits like bark inclusions, knots and minor splits are fine. as i say in the timber statement on my website i make practical pins not beautiful pins. the wood can be brown, green, black or blue as long as it's sound...
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this batch will be for 5" pins and any that i can get 5" from could be turned down to 4 1/2" (another common size) or even 4" if the flaws are that bad. the welsh even use pins that are 3" fat so not much gets wasted in a turners work shop. any off cuts or bits that are not useful for manufacturing anything eventually go on the fire...
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he's cutting a fair bit of it in to 5 1/4" squares for me for my skittle pins and don't mind if they twist and warp as i cut it up in to blanks and the turn it. not everything has to be flat as a pancake... splits will be a problem but if dried slowly then they should be kept to a minimum and some you can just turn away, other you can fill.
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wish i could sell mine for that kinda dosh really nice use of antlers on there though... the chandelier especially.
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i'm hoping for another flying header too. goal of the tournament for me so far.
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7-1 in the end then i was listening to the whole thing whilst doing other things around the house and it seemed as though whenever i passed the tv they had put another one away... i saw the first game between spain and the netherlands (5-0 to the dutch) and since i'm a manchester united supporter i feel i have to root for mr van gall.
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just beat me to it. didn't really know that they existed but was going to guess it in any case. is this just a quirk of nature or a specific species???
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sorry to hear this but glad that you can let it out as you put it.
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was that the one that you are cutting some of my skittle squares from???
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that's been on here before i think. still quite incredible though. wouldn't have the patients myself.
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can you tell me what this is?
se7enthdevil replied to naturarbo's topic in Tree Identification pictures
fig sounds like a good shout for the bark colour but they ain't no fig leaves on the tree... is it one of those phillyrea things??? -
i think they say not to use it in a drill press to stop flying wood killing someone. if some idiot hasn't clamped the work piece down it can bit on the cutter and spin bloody fast and send you to A&E. nearly happened to me once with a small bit of wood and a forstener bit as i hit a concealed knot/void in the wood, it bit the cutter started spinning at about 200rpm and it nearly broke my wrist. good thing i'm right handed.
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pm sent
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do a few tests as some finishes don't like to be written on. i'd be tempted to very finely sand and leave the wood bare so the ink will transfer easily.
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just a little update on the walnut that delabodge gave me, got the last of it back to mine and processed it and after turning more nests i ended up with a grand total of 101 bowls from only one tree.
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that would be termed as pippy. technically a burr is the growth on the side or base of a tree so theoretically you cant have "a burr tree" but i must say you have a beautiful board of heavily pipped yew there. nice find.
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looks like a sumac
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i have a 550 motor on my radial arm drill press and would expect it to go through that no problem. you do have to keep an eye on the sharpness of the bit so keep a diamond file handy. i bought really cheap forstener bits and use the large ones in the press and i have no problem. wd40 can help the cutting process too. don't forget, green wood cuts easier than dry so it should not be too much trouble in theory.
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cedar it is, well done silky.
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no it's not yew, here's a clue. it smells great.
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does it have to be birch? i would have thought any bunch of twigs that are the right shape would do the job. as neither red birch is native i would go for one you can get on our shores.
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betula ablosinensis is the chinese red birch but betula occidentalis is also known as red birch (amongst other names) so which did he mean???
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i got loads of laurel to burn in the stove over christmas, be bone dry by then so will be ok won't it???
