se7enthdevil
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Big Big wood on Ebay!! Make some Big Big Planks or Mushrooms!!
se7enthdevil replied to arniecardigan's topic in General chat
delabodge will use it. he's got loads at his yard. in answer to the question, yes it's good for milling. -
i should point out that i was glad that it was cut so thick it gave me room to do something useful with it on the lathe. rather than getting one bowl from a bit that's 2 1/2" thick i got a nest of 4 from a bit that was 6" thick as you can see the plank on the mizer needed to be split in two as it had a bit of pith running down the center. once split i can work out the best way to utilise the wood to show the grain... i got 12 blanks from the first board that clive gave me and i've already got another 30 from some of what you see in the back of his truck...
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i do have a few chunks that your welcom to as they are all split but you'll need to collect.. i'm right on j7 of the m4.
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great bit of wood here just shouting out to be carved... Very Unusual Conjoined Ash boughs Burr Woodturning Bowl Blank bur burl No 6 | eBay
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just a thank you to clive for taking me to his yard today and helping me slice and dice the beautiful walnut he has at present. i'm now very envious of his set up... i've so far managed to cut 30 blanks from about half of the wood ranging from 5" up to 26" and reckon i'll get another 20-30 from the rest. i'll take a picture of the pile of blanks when i'm finished butchering...
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Big Big wood on Ebay!! Make some Big Big Planks or Mushrooms!!
se7enthdevil replied to arniecardigan's topic in General chat
i sent that link to delabodge but i think he's got enough welly at the moment... -
did i??? i forget half the things i've said before they come out my mouth these days... well to put everyone out of their misery it's "rhododendron", from savill gardens that is about 9-11" wide and i've processed about 6' of it in to nearly 20 bowls.
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why??? it ain't cedar... i'll let you all know when i get back tonight unless someone guesses it.
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ok i dont know why the link turned out to be a google map??? it was intended to be this one to show what walnut will look like even with the sap. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/woodcraft-forum/65439-bowl-turning-thread-27.html
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agreed, extra photo needed. looks like 2-3" of sap but a good coloured heartwood in there but in my opinion walnut is always worth milling... if milled and dried then your looking at £80ft3 not sure what the butt is worth though, rough guess £100 but possibly less as i can see cut marks in it. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=woolton+hill&ie=UTF-8&ei=rnZNU5cTie06n92AmAI&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ as a wood turner i'd be happy with the sap on if it has a good dark heart as you can see in the pics of what i've done for delabodge on the link above. don't firewood it let a turner use it if no one wishes to mill it. who started cutting in half???
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nice one steve. ok everyone i'll give you one last guess as to what the ripped wood is on the last page then i'll give you the answer tomorrow.
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since i became a turner it has been my aim to make use of trees beyond their living years so that they can be useful or just appreciated for the beautiful timber that they have locked away inside them. glad to be of service.
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here's a rough nest of walnut i kindly got delivered by delabodge today. the big one is about 18" x 5". cheer's for waking me clive...:laugh1: .
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pm sent.
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could this be it? Large Gallberry (Ilex coriacea)
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conceivably but i've never seen the end grain look quite like that before... i'll check out a few bark pics of different species. it's certainly heavy enough.
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your both way off. i'll put you out of your misery in a day or two, i should have said that the brown one is oak. it's the result of the first post on this thread...
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the first bowl on this thread was a lump of burr given to me by muttley9050. well i finally got round to giving it a final sand and oiling it with a bit of danish. here is the result. .
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just been rough turning some of the wood i've got from savill gardens and look what i found. i'll be impressed if anyone can guess the species... .
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it ain't no willow and ailanthus is fast grown not as slow as this bit. i'll email eric at the wood database as i've not spoken to him for a while. he knows his woods but if it's not from the america's he probably won't be able to help. keep the guesses coming people, i'd love to find out what this is.
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sorry there is no more info but it was on a huge pile of timber that gets taken down at the crown estate and is basically a tree grave yard. pity really as many should have been milled. the only clues i can give are that this bit is only 5-7" diameter and very slow growing as it's about 70 years old and also it's as heavy as cherry laurel and is just as hard. the bark should be easy to identify if you know it (which sadly i don't) as it's quite unusual. there was no foliage left, just a couple of logs.
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when i first spied it amongst the other wood in the pile i thought it may be laburnum but it ain't that. it is as heavy as the cherry laurel i've been working with (hence my suspicions) and has a very similar end grain so wondered if its a prunus like portugese laurel or one of the other slightly obscure ones
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can anyone tel me what nothofagus bark and timber look like
se7enthdevil replied to se7enthdevil's topic in General chat
here's my pics, it's really fast grown stuff. 16" diameter. .
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endgrain looks similar to cherry laurel, is this a prunus???
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as title, i've a block of what i've been told is nothofagus but would like a few photos to compare please. my images will be put up tomorrow.
