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if the dead trees are rotten yes then they are fire wood but if they are still sound then they could be converted too. i presume if they are big enough the bottoms could go for timber and the rest processed to burn...

i only asked as scotty's and doug fir are excelent joinery timbers and vastly under estimated in this country for such a purpose. if they are too small i.e under 18" then they wont get much timber from them but larger specimins should produce very good quality wood. even an 18" one could produce a decent amount of fence posts and both species will last longer than the crap you get from b&q. i'd rather see them go for timber production if siutable than getting ringed up for logs that last 5 minutes on the fire...

what sort of dbh are these trees???

dude, thats a beast of a saw. puts my 20" wilson rip saw to shame...

well said yaffle trees, us turners need more guys like you...

i think red opak is a good shout, possibility it could be a black oak (quercus velutina) but i cant find a description of the bark so cant be sure.

my god thats alot of sap. what is that 8-9"???

some pictures of that stuff would be appreciated, never actually seen it before.

i think big j has his going for about 3-4 months non stop...

i dont remember bumping in to you??? surely you just burried an octopuss!!!

yep clives got the gear, my mate has a woodmizer and may be able to help. Winson Woodcraft Tree Surgery traditional crafts shabby chic hand made Sawmilling Services

think i'll try that then, i'll get it full of hot coals then open her up foe maximum flow for the hottest heat possible. how long does it have to be red hot for???

it would be a very simple method for me. we have a wood fire, could i get it red hot in that and then quench??? it doesnt have to be a masterpiece i just want to have a go but have a useable knife once im finished

like the idea of making my own knife but how do you go about hardening the blade. could use some step by step guides iof there are any..

hey james, why dont you ask clive what sort of furniture he makes from welly. i remember him posting about adelivery of trees a few months back. he sould be able to tell ou what thickneses he uses and what lenths are safe before they snap...

thats a good point, this was one set of species i.d, that i was not sure about when looking at the foliage and they've helped me out...

strangely this is one area where i wont be able to hel as i've only turned one or two bits of this stuff and in neither case was 100% sure as to exactly which species i had. i believed it was wellingtonia but think both can be brittle and both can be hard it realy depend on the area, age of the tree the tree its self as some are hard but some arnt. i do know in thin section they are relativly brittle what is its intended use???

good tip there john. hows your table???

here here my friend. lets hear it for botanical names...

this is why comon names are such a pain in the arse i didnt realise that in this book they are calling the welingtonia a giant sequioa, i thought it was just the costal redwood that had that name. of course they are correct as they are the experts and i only have an opinion. i've always called the sequoiadendron giganteum a welingtonia.

must confess, i've never heard it called "big tree" but i can see why.

we are talking about the same tree not trees. what people call a giant sequoia is the costal redwood.

there are dawn redwoods over here but i dont think that they are very common (i may be wrong) as there is only one near me at a park by the rivers edge crossing the thames at maidenhead. looks very skinny when it looses its needles.

you mis understand, there is only one tree. lots of people call them giant sequoias when they are actually called costal redwoods

technicaly speaking there is no such thing as a sequoia tree. thats the name of a genus of trees or the park where they grow. as previosly stated the, wellingtonia is (sequiadendron giganteum) costal redwood is (sequoia sempervirens) dawn redwood is (metasequoia glyptostroboides) what everyone calles the giant sequoia is of course the costal redwood and are among the tallest trees on earth. there are actually very few costal redwoods as they dont seem to like the british weather. more often than not they are wellingtonias. the wellingtonias are the biggest in volume rather than height. the reason the all look similar is because they are all in the Cupressaceae and have similar characteristics. everything will burn if left long enough. no timber is exempt, hewever these trees are usualy so vast in size that whatever fire damage there is it's never bad enough to kill the tree. fire is often needed to get rid of the old growth and start the new generation.