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  1. se7enthdevil
    i put some of my sisters tree on the fire last year and it was bone dry. burnt like rocket fuel... i want more as it's excellent stuff.
  2. se7enthdevil
    depends on the size of the slabs. if they are 1" thick then biscuits are required but if they are 2", 3" or thicker then perhaps something more substantial is needed. you could use dog bones or 1" dowels if they are thick slabs.
  3. se7enthdevil
    good shout but the eyes on mine are a decent sized compound eye, two or three times the size on the click beetle. wills mills, i may invest in some treatment but these planks have now been straight edged and the off cuts will go on tonight's fire. as long as they are in no other timber i'll take my chances for now as everything is stacked and tricky to get to. the customer is picking up this hornbeam so i'm glad i sorted it when i did.
  4. se7enthdevil
    i use myself as the yardstick and if i have to look up too far we don't get it. 7' does us for the conservatory...
  5. se7enthdevil
    aluminium ore, bauxite, is the most common metal in the earth's crust and plants and animals are perfectly at ease with it. all our ashes go in the garden too.
  6. se7enthdevil
    i'm not 100% sure that it is the orange longhorn as it says in that link that it's a decimal point off of 7mm and is in the states. this one i have it 15mm long. i have now trimed the side of the boards in question and they will go in the fire asap.
  7. se7enthdevil
    not sure what you mean? i've been chipping bark off and squashing anything that wriggles.
  8. se7enthdevil
    i fear this is a borer and i've just dug a couple of holes in the bark of some hornbeam and found grubs. have i got them just in time?
  9. se7enthdevil
    i may know a fair bit but there are still plenty of timbers i get stumped on. could the creusen do axes, knives billhooks and froes?
  10. se7enthdevil
    teak is easy with gouges and skews but there are some timbers that have a hell of alot more silica in them, or are just excellent at taking the edge of your chisel with the first touch. afzelia is very harsh, acacia, marblewood, anigre, makore, monkeypuzzle(with hard knots), lignum vitae, goncalo alves, bulletwood, robinia, angelim vermelho, ekki and for some reason very dry rock hard ash is very blunting. some woods you just would not believe how easily they can blunt. i'll confess that the ones i'm referring to here are the old sorby ones, the newer hss tools are not such a problem. i do need some new chisels though, maybe in the new year.
  11. se7enthdevil
    natural predators would be nice. wolves should be reintroduced.
  12. se7enthdevil
    i would have thought that steel could damage the barrel with extended use??? when i went on a stag do 10 years ago i got 38 out of 40 clays having never physically seen a gun before so was rather chuffed. i'd like to try it again to see if it was a fluke or skill but how can you shoot clays without showering the countryside with lead?
  13. se7enthdevil
    i thought that this way round was sort of ok??? i've seen on tv a couple of times (mythbusters and top gear spring to mind) where they tested this exacts scenario out. the diesel in a petrol knackered the car but petrol in a diesel was salvageable. have i dreamt this?
  14. se7enthdevil
    they are wood carving gouges not turning tools, nice idea for a cheap fix though. it need to be a grinding wheel as some timbers you may be returning to sharpen it every few seconds to get that burr back on your scraper (honing removes the burr) for the fine grain extremely hard woods. i'm looking at a slow wet grinder that's floor standing and am pondering if it's too big?
  15. se7enthdevil
    he is in norfolk i think. personally i am quite happy for gun laws to be tightened and think it would be best if shooting were done at a range and not at animals.
  16. se7enthdevil
    well i had two from a neighbour and can (pun intended:thumbup:) plunder the streets recycling for cans if need be as i don't drink beer and no cans are bought in this property. the two i put in disintegrated fairly well i think, i'll clear the fire and check it out.
  17. se7enthdevil
    viceroy are great for plane irons and carpentry chisels but i also want to use it for my axes and turning chisels so i need a vertical one. creusen and tormek are way to expensive in my opinion but i have looked into them. i can't use flat plate glass for my round turning chisels. i don't have three phase. i may go for another bench top type if it's right i was just wondering what other peoples thoughts are on the industrial ones and was curious to see if anyone has one???
  18. se7enthdevil
    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.
  19. se7enthdevil
    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.
  20. se7enthdevil
    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.
  21. se7enthdevil
    there is one near me that is regularly cut back quite severely and it always grows back.
  22. se7enthdevil
    a better picture of the wood itself would help.
  23. se7enthdevil
    but it's true...
  24. se7enthdevil
    brilliant mate, remind me of the thicknesses you milled?
  25. se7enthdevil
    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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