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ebay is good for a deal.
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western red or true cedar?
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Urgent milling required. Berkhampstead Herts
se7enthdevil replied to muttley9050's topic in Milling Forum
thats a great shame about the walnut james. what happened? do you still want me to make these chess bits you asked about? your inbox is full... -
a pic of the bark would help. the ailanthus does not have catkins
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snap a twig, if it's walnut it has a chambered pith... could it be a hophornbeam?
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depends what your local market will be. when i started turning i took loads of different things like rolling pins, bottle stoppers, kitchen roll holders and spatulas but found that people were more interested in my bowls than anything else. you may have to take along a variety of pieces before you find out what the local market is after.
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rule of thumb is an inch per hour but as alec say the longer you leave it the softer it is. i have seen 6" solid lumber bent before on a vid, i'll see if i can find it.
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this is a decent sized tree, mill it thicker, 3-4" boards you can always resaw once dry if needs be...
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a hoppus foot is a measure of timber that accounts for wastage at the mill. it equates to 1.25 ft3 meaning that for every hoppus foot cut from the tree you should get a single cubic foot milled. if that tree is 50 hoppus feet as alec suggests then you should get 50ft3 off milled boards with about 12ft3 waste.
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just found the only bowl i've turned in teak, .
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this is teak. .
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who are they exactly?
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i cant put my finger on it mate, i'm sure i know what that is but my mind wont work tonight. it's not teak as teak is ring porous. and golden brown.
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any chance of a close up of the end grain and face grain. as high a quality as poss then i can tell you what it is. where did you get it from?
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i've really only used danish oil so have no experience of others but danish will do what you ask just enrich the colour a bit. are you sure that's teak? looks a little red.
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i do believe that there are versions of danish oil that can have a varnish type material in it but most are just 50% tung oil and a mix of other natural oils. for an indoor table it would be perfect to get that natural look without the obvious look of somethings been applied...
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a good few coats of danish oil and finish with a couple of wax if desired.
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it's in st peters yard in burnham. St Peter's Church, Burnham - Home let me know what you find
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the church is 12th century but i don't believe its that old. i've never seen one with such a bleached look to it either. usually there is plenty of flakey bark on yews but this is relatively smooth with no little bits to peel off. is that truly indicative of an ancient tree???
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i suppose it was quite warm this last december however that is the second year i've seen it do that i'm sure of it. i shall try to remember to see what it does in autumn.
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makes sense now, it does have bunches of seeds on it in autumn like an ash. problem solved, cheers guys.
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is this a purple hazel???
se7enthdevil replied to se7enthdevil's topic in Tree Identification pictures
ah! ok. as you can see it is behind a hedge in a garden... -
this does bloom at the normal time as that photo was taken this afternoon but it was in bloom in late autumn early winter. i remember it being the same colour around november-december time.
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is this a purple hazel???
se7enthdevil replied to se7enthdevil's topic in Tree Identification pictures
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hi all, this hawthorn near me always seems to bloom two or even three times per year, my question is, is this normal for a midlands hawthorn??? .
