se7enthdevil

i was thinking hophornbeam before i even got down the page just from looking at the wood.

wood without the knots is high quality timber in the softwood world. don't forget it was the brother species that produced the parana pine which was prized for the knotless wood for stair strings, treads, risers and many other applications. try to save the knotless stuff first.

i've seen bushes like that around, always wondered what they were.

http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/locust, black.htm

call it yellow ash then. that's what it looks like.

robinia is markedly stronger than ash but could potentially be slightly more brittle so i'm not sure if it will stand up to the punishment. i've now lost my hurley stick that i was copying (had to give it back to my mate) so i'll have to trust the measurements i wrote on the blank. robinia Average Dried Weight: 48 lbs/ft3 (770 kg/m3) Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .66, .77 Janka Hardness: 1,700 lbf (7,560 N) Modulus of Rupture: 19,400 lbf/in2 (133.8 MPa) Elastic Modulus: 2,050,000 lbf/in2 (14.14 GPa) Crushing Strength: 10,200 lbf/in2 (70.3 MPa) Shrinkage: Radial: 4.6%, Tangential: 7.2%, Volumetric: 10.2%, T/R Ratio: 1.6 european ash Average Dried Weight: 42 lbs/ft3 (680 kg/m3) Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .49, .68 Janka Hardness: 1,480 lbf (6,580 N) Modulus of Rupture: 15,020 lbf/in2 (103.6 MPa) Elastic Modulus: 1,785,000 lbf/in2 (12.31 GPa) Crushing Strength: 7,400 lbf/in2 (51.0 MPa) Shrinkage: Radial: 5.7%, Tangential: 9.6%, Volumetric: 15.3%, T/R Ratio: 1.7

that'll last 5 mins outdoors tell him. use it for coffee tables or sideboards inside the house. you could get a local turner to knock a few bowls out for them?

i was going to make a hurley from robinia to see how it fares? why would brexit halt the visits?

now that's the sort of beech i need for my skittles... can you get any more like that saul??? .

be great to know who is local as i've needed some recently and may do again in the future but no one seems to be near me.

charcoal and ash is a great insulator so that is frequently the case.

this is milly. she also likes to get in my bowls whenever she could. she is also a contortionist and as you can see one end of the animal can face a different direction than the other. .

this is lucy. that is short for lucylastic as my mum calls her as occasionally she will go mental. she like curling up in my walnut bowl a few years ago and even had just her head in one. .

a sizeable bit like that should be milled as it will yield nice timber so persevere with this one mark.

i take it their diameter is about 18" - 20"???

assuming it's the bit on top that you are referring to then i'd mill at 2 1/2" or 3".

not for wood as nice as that. bowls, vases or coffee tables are what i'm thinking. you still haven't stated the measurement for that crotch.

it's a beauty Saul... got any more like that???

can people please stop trying to work out who is right and wrong about an opinion that does not matter... i started this thread because a medieval building was being gutted by fire not so i could read pointless posts...

the ariel shot on the news made it look like there won't be anything left of the inside. can't believe that heat did the masonry any good either.

no, i just sat and watched the news whilst having my tea. gutted...

well that's 800+ years gone up in smoke. can't believe what i've just watched.

this solid ripple pair are a nest of two and the bigest is about 8".

this one is about a foot across. .

i've rough turned some of the pagoda tree i recently obtained and it looks great so i just have to hope it dries as well as the previous stock i had. this one is 15 1/2" diameter.