se7enthdevil
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i have a spud reconditioned 084 i'm willing to sell. interested???
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you asked for a trick...
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you can stick three turned buttons on the underside of any item you think may warp, that way whatever position they are in they act like a tripod and will never wobble.
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bowels are difficult to buy, especially when they are made of lyme??? lime wood is good for a bowl as it's nice and stable and at 19" is an underrated timber for such purposes. AHPP, it depends what wood you make it from and if you use quartersawn wood or not. there will always be some warpage if it is to be used as a plate as there will be moisture introduced when food is on it and when it is washed up. personally i would use a nice stable timber with a closed grain like something from the maple family.
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what diameter is the sycamore? over 30"?
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sad to hear, i've been watching his son do the GT racing and he was often in the pits supporting him.
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i've done some platters, do they count? that's one thing i've not yet been asked to make but i'm sure someone will one day.
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without seeing the table or the brand of oil it might be difficult to sort this out but you may just need to apply more coats of the oil as softwoods soak up quite a bit so to get a good finish 3-4 may be needed. i got a good finish on my cerad sideboard i made for my mum using only danish oil and giving it a week between coats before i buffed.
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if it's in this country then it's ok to buy and sell it within the country. you can't export it...
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i hope that they realise that importing this into the uk is illegal... the mahogany on barbados is most likely swietenia mahogani which is covered by cites and you would need alot of money to get a certificate to allow it to be transported.
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well i've just finished a 12'6" maypole which i must get some pictures of in the morning. built in 3 sections it was quite a challenge...
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it's been a while since i put a bowl on here so here is one of my latest commissions... a gorgeous nest of walnut from the tree that cilve shared with me. sizes are, diameter, height mother bowl, 14 3/4" x 5 1/4" large, 11 1/4" x 3 3/4" medium, 8 3/8" x 2 1/2" small, 6" x 1 1/2" as you can see they were all cut from the same block using my bowl saver. .
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cheers kevin, i'm glad someone does...
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i do agree that there will be unseen problems and it could be a waste of time but i don't look at trees and think :thumbup:"money":thumbup: i look at trees and wood and think what could i make from that? as a buyer for a sawmill you obviously need to think of problems that could affect the profit from each log which is great for business but i don't have a brain that works that way (pity really), my brain sees potential alfresco dining tables and legs along with coffee tables with large candlestick or lamps as a possibility. my head is cursed with wanting to see every bit of wood used regardless if i see a profit or not. it won't be wasted as fire wood but it would be sacrilege in my opinion.
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not everyone wants only clear straight and near perfect wood. many of us are happy with a natural product.
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so who's able to go and mill this lovely tree then. at 1.5m it should be made into table boards, they would look stunning.
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being in the cypress family it's great for outdoor usage either as garden furniture or cladding and should do quite well as fence posts. if it were this side of london i'd be very interested. should make a nice couple of table tops from the middle boards...
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i think for tools 18" or under then it shouldn't matter what species is used as long as it has some hardness. for a felling or splitting axe i think that a good straight bit of traditional hardwood is needed. one thing i did when researching what wood i could use was to look at the mechanical properties of the traditional timbers and either match them or find a wood that is superior. ash maple and hickory are all traditional timbers. one with a long fibre length is needed for anything over 18" i'm guessing. ash has a modulus of rupture of about 15,000 anything around that or over with a long fiber length should be fine. personally i'm not sure what species have long fiber lengths.
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robinia is better than ash in my opinion alec. made my own axe handle from it and it's the dogs ging gang goolies with regards to toughness and strength... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/woodcraft-forum/75154-axe-handle.html
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i am on the AWGB but it's a bit boring really.
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unusual timber samples needed can you help?
se7enthdevil replied to se7enthdevil's topic in Woodcraft Forum
still looking for any unusual specimens if you find any, ones that don't grow into large trees are great. would like a decent sized bit of privet or lilac. anyone got an odd species??? -
i agree that i don't make the amount of sawdust most people do but in my busy periods i can fill up a wheelie bin in a day. mine is dry hence why it goes to the chickens as bedding but there is some wet shavings when i turn fresh wood but that is fairly infrequent. i used to burn mine in a oil drum but this was very impractical (and smokey) so this became the best way to get shot of it.
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there must be some use for it? is it not good for making briquettes? would it be something that could be composted and mixed with manure?
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every yard should have one of those...
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true but i don't have an insulated building to heat. also with the amount of dust i have in the shop (and lack of space) any form of combustion would be dangerous in my case. for us it works out nicely. one of the benefits of not being that affected by cold weather.
