se7enthdevil
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just trying to help him. should look like this.
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foookin hell boy... that's stunning.
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nice work mark but the grain on the head is the wrong way round.
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i'd like a bit of elm like that. how much for a log? want it milled at 3".
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is that the rowan you had???
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elm should fair that bit better as there are fewer tannins to react but you will still get water stains if it is not wiped off immediately.
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it would probably be chopped into three lengths.
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i'd prefer a bandmill to minimise wastage as makore is not cheap stuff but i'll keep these in mind if i get talking to the guy.
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that's what i'm aiming to work out. Makore is a very high end timber so if i can find a miller and crunch some numbers i think it would be worth it. i should point out that i've no intention of paying the asking price.
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if elm is an option go for that as it looks the best out of the lot. iroko is not that sustainable any more and needs to be left alone in the joinery world. sweet chestnut is a bit boring in my view and although softwood species can be big and look great as a worktop they are just that bit soft as other have said.
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that's a big one. this tree we have is above utilities that he would like to inspect to make sure the tree has not damaged them (one reason the tree was felled) but i think we have conceded that we might just have to cut it out as best we can using old crap chains rather than being able to get the whole thing out.
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i've thought about getting this cut. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TIMBER-MAKORE-VERY-LONG-MAKORE-MAKORE-LOG-VERY-OLD-ABOUT-27-FOOT-LONG/273845473889
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it would not have been firewood back in the day. you may consider it so for your purposes but our forefathers will have had uses for it from beading on door panels to architrave and probably a thousand other uses before the world decided to use prime oak for such things rather than the offcuts...
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damn. there is not anchorpoint except a smaller tree which would pop out in a jiffy if it were used.
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true quartersawn looks like this but it is alot more hard work.
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here is some of the figure in the wood hence why it is worth saving. .
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don't know what a tirfor is so i'll look that up later. there is no room for those tree spade things. he is digging by hand at the moment and i think this will be the only way to go unless some kind person with a big digger comes along to help tease it out. here are photos from today. .
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ok fellas i think this may be a lost cause but i thought i'd ask anyway. there is a large root of a pagoda tree that has some wonderful grain in it and it would be fantastic if the huge lump could be got out to be used for the timber. what methods are there available? my wide brim hat for scale. .
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certainly looks it but as they are not common at that size i don't have much to reference. bark looks like S, acuparia... a quote from the net. The wood is pale yellow-brown with a deeper brown heartwood. It is strong, hard and tough, but not particularly durable. It is sometimes used in turnery, furniture, craftwork and engraving. what is the size of that log saul??? .
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damn, that's a big rowan....
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as long as it is still perfectly useable timber then yes. oak obviously can last a long time and as long as you don't have a heart beam it can be either a decades old reclaimed beam or just stickered and the wood under the surface is the same on the whole. obviously depends on where the reclaimed beam has come from but you can get large section from factories or barns (not all are Pitch pine) and its a really good resource.
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£30 - £35 is a fair shout per ft3 in my opinion...
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Beau, to identify woods i need good pictures of endgrain and the face of the wood like in the in two pictures below. currently i can not ascertain if it is ring porous or not. .
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i thought he'd folded up?
