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se7enthdevil

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  1. this is a decent sized tree, mill it thicker, 3-4" boards you can always resaw once dry if needs be...
  2. 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.
  3. just found the only bowl i've turned in teak, .
  4. this is teak. .
  5. who are they exactly?
  6. 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.
  7. 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?
  8. 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.
  9. 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...
  10. a good few coats of danish oil and finish with a couple of wax if desired.
  11. it's in st peters yard in burnham. St Peter's Church, Burnham - Home let me know what you find
  12. 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???
  13. 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.
  14. makes sense now, it does have bunches of seeds on it in autumn like an ash. problem solved, cheers guys.
  15. ah! ok. as you can see it is behind a hedge in a garden...
  16. 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.
  17. are they relativley common???
  18. 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??? .
  19. never heard of that one before????
  20. my local churchyard has some old yews trees as multistem bushes that are 400 years old but this is the only maiden in the whole grounds. any guesses as to its age would be interesting to hear. the trunk is 13' in girth. not sure of it's height but it's nearly as tall as the church roof. best guess is 40-50 feet. the standing stone next to it is 4' tall
  21. didn't know they exist if it is but would be interested to know what it may be. .
  22. hi all got this growing in our local church yard and have no idea what it is. it's about 12' up and across. any ideas??? .
  23. a photo of the endgrain cleaned up and sanded wold be very informative...
  24. is that not a bit of walnut sapwood???
  25. i don't believe it maters if you are dealing in the country of growth. i contacted cites once as i had a wood sample 6"x4"x1" of MP that i wanted to send to the states and was told it would need a licence but i was also told that selling it in this country was fine, you just cant export it. its to stop countries that don't have it wanting it really. every country want's what it doesn't have it seems...

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