se7enthdevil
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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.
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bought this motor for £4.10p .
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how many at 18"??? could be interested in getting a couple milled.
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hornbeam was the traditional timber used as it has superior wear resistance to anything else that grows in Britain but lots of local timbers were used if they were hard, pear, holly, apple, blackthorn, hawthorn, box, beech, elm and strawberry tree have all been used in the odd occasion.
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good as a craft wood but care needs to be taken during the drying process.
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use dry wood or the bench wont stay square... if you are to be doing nice work on it you always want the top dead flat and making the frame from wet wood will bugger that straight away. 6" pine would do just fine...
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give me a pic of wood and bark and i'll tell you what it is...
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looking for a piece of hard wood for making a mallet
se7enthdevil replied to hedgesparrow's topic in General chat
got some really nice chunky hornbeam if you want it.
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