se7enthdevil
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post a pic of it and i'll tell you if its either.
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you've never cut ekki then...
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cheers clive, it took a while. Pan, i core each bowl and leave them in my workshop on a shelf to get surface dry (if soaking) and then i'm putting them in to an adjacent shed for a couple of weeks. over the last few months i've been transferring them in to the conservatory which is still not much drier than the outside (but need to watch out for a very sunny day) and gives the wood an easy going time drying. i take a tiny one of each species that i'm currently drying in to the house to dry it next to the fire and this gives me a target weight to aim for. once the others reach the same percentage loss in weight i know they are ready. this can take up to six months and depends on the size of your bowls and also the species, the hornbeam has dried in about 2 months but the cherry laurel has taken nearly 8.
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i wouldn't if they're are being seasoned, if they are dry it won't matter too much.
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it could be jarrah but if it's really red with a smell then i expect it to be ekki, Ekki | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods) this is majorly hard and will knacker chains in seconds. my TCT ripsaw blade will go through it if it's wet but when slightly seasoned don't bother trying... if there are little white pores then it's ekki but if its jarrah then the grain looks quite different. Jarrah | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)
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it does just look like a burly lump to be fair mate. i dont think it's anything in particular, just an abnormal growth once attached to a tree...
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grisellinia was in the back of my mind but i just didn't think anyone would have something quite that obscure...
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do you have any more? i'd be interested.
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are either of them heavy or light? bottom one could be a lime looking at the wood but the bark isn't right
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it's great for outdoor furniture and doesn't need treating. definitely worth milling.
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that doesn't look like ash... i think the first one may be a willow...
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looking at the knoblyness of the barks surface i'm thinking hornbeam for the second.
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grow money tree's!!!
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quite low, 250-300 i think. it was fairly well balanced. finished at 5-6 hundred.
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brown oak it is... this is just the branch!!! it was about 26" full diameter (god knows how big the tree was!) but the branch was cut in to thirds removing the middle section as i don't think i can handle any deeper that 8". need to fabricate a few specialised tool rests for these monsters... the branch alone has 300+ rings in it. amazingly slow grown, almost 1 per mm.
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i'm just about to bring one of my old phones back to life, the old orange nokia 3510. it still works and i just gave it a charge and it breathed back in to life. the battery lasts all week. i need a phone to make a phone call nothing else!!!
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well it's finally finished, just a couple more coats of osmo and it will be complete. i just hope it doesn't split... final dimensions, 21 1/8" X 8 1/4" and i kept the wall thickness at about 1".
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hi all, i've got quite a bit of brown oak that i'm not using for bowls and have been cutting it in to small boards that could be used by box-makers or other sorts of craft. it was too god to go on the fire so i'm processing what i haven't turned and will only be 12"-16" by 6"-8" in various thicknesses. beautiful stuff very brown and uniform in colour. still a bit green but it dries in weeks... would anyone be interested???
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you've no idea how many shavings i've generated in just a few days, i'd say i've filled two to three wheelie bins relatively well compacted too...
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the cage rattling worked as on thursday i did get my lathe back and have been turning around the clock to try and catch up. managed to core about 3 liquidambar blocks and 3 brown oak block plus a hornbeam half log that's been sitting about for a month. amongst a few others i've created another 20-25 blanks that are currently drying. i've also done two of the largest bowls yet being about 21" in diameter one as a natural edge the other not. put it this way, i'm happy again... also i'm tired from all the turning!
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to id timbers i usually need a close up of the end grain, side gran and it's lbs ft3 when dry but just going on the photo i'm going to say bullace.
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i've heard this of truly ancient ones like the oaks in Windsor great park and dont see why not. we shrink when we grow old!!!
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i did indeed, so yeah keep em coming... i cant post any finished ones at the mo as although my lathe troubles are now sorted (i hope) i'm only coring lump after lump and starting them on the road to dryness. one or two may get finished but that's it. actually one that will be finished is going to be my biggest bowl yet being 21" wide by 10" deep...
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ooohhh there no imagination there... yes table tops are the obvious answer but there are plenty of other uses when you think of it. public benches, solid doors, worktops, banqueting tables, solid leg ends, coffins and chair seats. the other use is that you get the best out of them for ripping down to smaller boards giving furniture makers the luxury of picking and choosing rather than getting what is given at the lumber yard.
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some good looking stuff there, i especially like the yew bowl and don't think the foot is too small at all... keep em coming.
