se7enthdevil

that's interesting to hear of the different species used to make them, i thought that brazilian mahogany was the timber of choice for body blanks.

well i'm no chemist but i assume it's got something to do with the fact the oxygen molecules have a pair of hydrogen molecules stuck to them. perhaps it inhibits what oxygen does on its own? or it could be that oxygen needs to be in a gaseous form? does anyone know exactly why that is?

what materials are you using?

good point but in my opinion they get in the way. i rescued carpets that were getting replaced and they work great.

it could have at least been quartered to get it out to a road? or is there only a garden gates width to get through?

sounds good mick. can't promise that i'll take any though as i really am trying to get rid of timber this time.

nice work there mate. this sounds like a good timber drying shed if you have the space. timber building | eBay

if you want to collect more blanks mick then for god's sake get back round here as i'm trying to get rid of loads of wood to clear the garden.

please try to get an accurate ring count if you can. there is a tree near me that is of a similar size and it would be interesting to have a comparison. what is the diameter?

yes that is true, i merely said bog pine so that people would realise that i was referring to a pinus species rather than oak. i've also seen yew and spruce labeled under bog oak.

i love the fact that they have to put up the pronunciation of leicester for the american readers. as a man u fan i hope we win on sunday, however as a fan of the beautiful game i wholeheartedly hope that the foxes win the premier title. i've been secretly egging them on since the great escape they produced at the end of last season and would love to see the fairytale have a happy ending. Go foxes.

any timber left in anaerobic conditions will last for thousands of years. they often find bog pine along with the oaks and you'd expect that to be the first to rot but there is no oxygen to facilitate it.

good to hear mick. i think the first step should be taken again and build a bigger shed:lol::lol: you want one nearly the size of mine if you can.

i'd be interested but will need to see the photos.

as said before, elm is not durable and is to pretty a timber to be used as gatepost in my opinion. use on that is more durable. this chart should help. you want something that is either class 1 or 2 durable if it is to be a gate post. .

what saddens me about those photos is the fact that it used to be lush forest all around those tree till the lot got felled. there was no use for the baobab so they got left behind.

this one's within walking distance for me. possibly the oldest tulip tree in the country. The Woodland Trust | Ancient Tree Hunt | Tree details .

here is an excerpt from the prota4u web page for ceiba pentandra. original page.http://www.prota4u.info/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Ceiba,pentandra&p=Ceiba+pentandra Ceiba pentandra originated in the American tropics. Its natural distribution has been obscured by its widespread introduction after about 1500. Although it has been described as introduced by humans in tropical Africa, there is no historical evidence of such introduction, and there is strong ecological, botanical and cytological evidence that the tree is native to western and central Africa. The dispersal mechanism by which the tree may have crossed the Atlantic Ocean is uncertain, but the fruits float and might have been transported by ocean currents. It has been argued that the tree was domesticated in West Africa, from where it spread to East Africa and Asia. It is now cultivated all over the tropics, but mainly in South-East Asia, especially in Indonesia and Thailand. In tropical Africa the tree appears to be native from Cape Verde eastwards to Chad and southwards to Angola. In addition, there are records of the species in 13 other countries in East and southern Africa (including South Africa) and the Indian Ocean islands, but the tree has probably been planted in all other tropical African countries as well. it is often known as a variety C. pentandra var. guineensis so it may be kapok after all.

only cheap crap pewter contains lead... true pewter should be mostly Tin with the remainder being Copper, Antimony and Bismuth.

if you end up going to bristol you can pick me up on your way there and i'll be your hired muscle if you like. i buy alot off of ebay and i think gary prentice is right. this should be a problem for the seller not you. get in touch with ebay and find out what their viewpoint is but i think they will say that until it is in your hands you have not received it so responsibility lies with the seller of the item. the courier leaving a card and getting a signature sounds dodgy but it has happened to me. the courier left the card just as i noticed he was leaving the package round the side of the house the so i went round the front and signed for my package, so it can happen.

oh dear, how embarrassing. i knew something wasn't quite right about that but when spell check didn't come up i did nothing about it. not a word i've really used before. blaisey, try pewter not putah. aluminium melts at 660c and pewter only 230c.

nice effect. you might want to try putah as i think it has a lower melting point so you should get less charring. i know quite a few turners who play around with putah for filling cracks.

no i don't think you need another stretcher underneath the top. i buy mine from the cheapest source i can find. ebay is often a place where people get rid of excess stock for a fairly cheap price and as for brands in my opinion they are all much of a muchness. in the past i've used rustins, suffolk pigments and now have some blackfriars in a 5 litre tin for under £30. it's gone up a smidge but is still good value. Blackfriar Danish Oil 5 Litre Clear *****Free Postage | eBay

sadly most of the mills i spoke to did not want to know about it and a few even said that our english beech was pants compared to the continental stuff. for straightness on the whole i might agree but in my opinion our is much harder which is better for my skittles. i ended up having to get people to mill me large beech trees to my specs as no lumber yard was prepared to even entertain the sizes i need for my skittles. in the end i got that near 5' beech milled and took the whole 130ft3.

when wet it is usually a reddish pink. it may not show it in this picture but it is a red colour with hints of peach and pink that oxidises to brown. whitmores timber just call it CND (colour no defect) but chanel timber refer to it as red kern. either way it's just not prime white beech which is usually what sawmills want. .