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se7enthdevil

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  1. get a nice straight bit of robinia and use that.
  2. sycamore is not durable so it might not last long anyway if let uncovered in the elements. personally i would give it loads of coats of danish oil every other week till you've applied about 5-8 coats and then you'll have to hope it doesn't rot within 5 years.
  3. i may have something you can borrow paul. i'll have a look tomorrow.
  4. ear defenders can be higher than that. i use peltor optime III that are rated at 35db. i've also gone with more padding in the ear dome (took it out of my old set of peltor optime III) so they must be near 40db now.
  5. never been and would never go. if it was done knowingly in jest then i'm sure it would be entertaining to see one on stage but it's the fact that they take themselves so seriously that strikes me as odd. i'm surprised in this day and age that someone can have a shop and a business being one as to me it seems like legal fraud.
  6. i think honey fungus is the root rotter but i'm sure an expert will come along and state the correct type.
  7. cherry is always worth it in my book... looked like a task to drag it out though.
  8. where's the report button then??? can't see the point of offering paper money when we are changing to plastic notes?
  9. danis will be fine just use lots of coats. i would like to say that iroko is not the best wood for a goblet if you intend to drink out of it as it could leach out a few tastes that probably won't help the flavour of your drink.
  10. nicely turned mick. by the way it's iroko, not oak.
  11. i currently use peltor III ear defenders and had an old set that the band had snapped on. they weren't that old so i stuffed the foam from the broken ones into the new ones and there is a marked difference in quietness. they were originally rated at 37snr (i think) but must be in the 40's now or even approaching 50.
  12. also curious to know which species if it is a zelkova.
  13. a per title, growing in a driveway down my street. .
  14. the bigger the better mate, i'll take as much of the main stem as you can manage. is there any chance you can seal the ends with some pva???
  15. i know a guy who may be passing you in june. do you want anything for it??? just how much is there and what diameter and length is left?
  16. i was thinking about it dave but i think my mum would kill me if i got anymore timber... where is the wood greenhorn???
  17. could be... any leaves?
  18. agreed
  19. there is a good reason that no one does planks in bright blue or green, they don't exist. as for introducing colours into large boards i'm not sure how well that will turn out but i'd love to see what you do. i'm guessing it will be less wasteful if you were to make the table first and then get the colour on to it. what woods do you have in mind for the table?
  20. why not just use a really hard timber? there are dozens of species to choose from.
  21. some of my favorites are judas tree, mimosa, catalpa and paulownia.
  22. don't know anything about engine's but these sound great. can't beat that first V8... [ame] [/ame]
  23. plane, whitebeam and lime are very interlocked so compared to softwoods like you stated they will seem nightmarish. i think it's too quick to write them off though. surely if you had a load of 25cm straight beech, ash and oak you would have a better time logging...
  24. bloody firewood... their choice i suppose. any chance of telling them that i only want a couple of logs as samples?
  25. any chance of nabbing the logs? is it a judas tree?

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