se7enthdevil
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hi all, i'm getting a little annoyed that the piddly little bench top grinders you buy for sharpening chisels and other woodwork tools are too fast in the first place, too fragile, too small and end up wearing out too quick... however would a large industrial grinder be a bit over the top? i'd be interested to know your views.
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presuming this does actually work just how many cans do you put on the fire? i chucked two on tonight and i think they melted.
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only seen one ginko before near me sisters in the hedgerow and didn't thing i'd see any more round here. i am doing a fair in windsor and as i got out the car the road is full of ginko leaves. all bright yellow.
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Can i cut this without killing it?
se7enthdevil replied to Magnolia's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
there is one near me that is regularly cut back quite severely and it always grows back. -
a better picture of the wood itself would help.
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but it's true...
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brilliant mate, remind me of the thicknesses you milled?
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i'm not saying you should dispense with using ash here i just think that it's worth a try. i've used it in place of ashe with regards to my axe handle and my 14lb sledge and they have performed admirably. i noticed when i was trying to snap some thinner bits up for the fire it bent (before eventually snapping) very much like what you would expect with ash. it's mechanical properties actually supercede that of ash (not sure that's a good thing for a hurley) and would use it for a baseball bat or a fork handle any day. the grain is identical to alot of ash it's just golden in colour instead of cream. i've seen varnished ash look like the colour of robinia. Black Locust | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods) European Ash | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods) you never know, some players may prefer it?
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so the've not tried robinia then? give it a go as it has many of the qualities of ash in my opinion and won't break as easily as maple does.
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read the first page mate.
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i bet robinia would make a good stick?
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is the timber under a branch with the same shape useable?
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a lovely bit of figured field maple here and then a nest of two in robinia. if ailanthus isn't underrated then robinia certainly is in my opinion. a beautiful timber that finishes so easily and has so many uses but really only gets put on the fire... .
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a couple of exotics here, the brandy glass is made from bubinga and the plate is a wood called ansenfina. .
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more like laziness terry, just couldn't be bothered to put them up sometimes. could add loads more.
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i believe justin131 now has about 300ft3 milled and is trying to get it kilned but he'll need to verify that.
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i've rescued a few hundred bowls trapped inside trees:thumbup:
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a couple of very yellow cherry bowls, and a heavily rippled ash 20" across. .
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two bowls in the very underappreciated tree of heaven. also a pic of the underside of one showing the lovely yellow streak you sometimes get near the outer edge of the tree. .
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a branch from a walnut tree. .
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these two are a bit of sycamore that was dead standing (hence the dark colours) and a very colourful bit of cherry that was from the base of the tree. .
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finally got round to getting the snaps off my camera. these three are catalpa. .
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here is a bowl turned from one of these trees. justin kindly sent me a block. it was ever so slightly spalted but looks very nice. the bottom two picture have the most realistic colour. .
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asa fellow copper top i love this song... . [ame] [/ame]
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the pith is the very center of the tree. as the tree dries it will concentrate the compression around the pith and lo and behold you get a radial split like a missing pizza slice... drilling the pith allows it to get compacted without tension building up in the outer rings resulting in a split. trees with natural holes in the pith like monkey puzzle, ailanthus, walnut and catalpa all survive with little or no radial splitting.
