se7enthdevil
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balance all the logs in the tree branches so they get good air flow. use the dry waste stuff first and brash for kindling whilst the good wood dries for a few months...
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you may want to put a couple of screws in there too otherwise it will just come apart next time it's used. i'd reshaft it with robinia, it's better than ash and as good as hickory with the added benefit that it won't rot after a few years left outside.
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that's conclusive then. it's a lawsons. going back to the original thread subject, i thought both lawsons and leylandii could be hacked back fairly well and they could still green up again.
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it says the page doesn't exist.
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sounds like it's a lawsons then as the branches go out perpendicular to the trunk or where fenced in straight up to the light again.
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they are heavily cut back by the owner into a 12' high hedge the length of their garden so are heavily branched from top to bottom on their side. i think if left to grow they would have looked like the norway spruce in our back garden.
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any chance of a pic or two?
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i'm pretty much anosmic and my sense of smell is crap to non existent so telling those two smells apart for me is difficult. any other way?
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this is what's the other side of the fence. what's mine then? .
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wet or dry?
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yes lots of growth has come from the other side but it's fairly good a growing from my side of the fence. i am fairly sure it's leylandii as there is a lawsons close by and the foliage looks different as do the cones which are nearly and inch across...
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i cut the one at the end of the garden back to the trunk almost, well past the green and 3 years later they are green once more.
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try a chainsaw:lol::lol: dry oak is damn near impossible to split in big chunks once it's had 5 years to dry let alone 25+. ring it in to 6" this will give you a better chance of splitting.
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why do you need to see some one doing quartersawn before you tackle it yourself? look at this thread, alun cut his tree ready to be milled in to quartered planks. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/alaskan-mill/71065-my-first-qs-oak.html i helped him mill me about a dozen planks just from one section and they are all 12' long, 12-16" wide and 1" thick for me to make some furniture from.
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why was it not quartered, it would have been easier to manage and would have made some cracking quartersawn boards at 25"+ wide.
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would an osmanthus have berries on it yet?
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it's a compost bin, not a water butt.
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the seller has just told me that it was for a surface grinding machine and was to be mounted vertically whilst the head moved back and forth to grind flat the metal held fast underneath.
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sadly most people think it's not even good enough for the fire when in fact it is a very good timber and should be used alot more.
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i've lifted it out of the box and it does have a recess the other side but both faces are fairly coarse yet the edge is relatively smooth? i've asked the seller how it is meant to be used so will have an answer soon but even if i mount it upright it won't be a problem if it's only going 200-300 rpm will it? i might even have it going slower.
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why local turners don't want to pay for timber is beyond me... if someone offers me a freebie then i happily accept but if there is a wood that i desire then i'll happily pay for it. try putting it on ebay?
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thanks for your concern but i don't think i'll blow it up as it says 1650rpm on the wheel and i only want it going half or even a third of that speed. i did wonder what was meant by the "mount down" but if it needs mounting horizontally then i'll just change the design...
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i've not had it out of the box yet so i can't be 100% sure but i did feel the edge of the stone and it was smooth as you like so i believe it was meant to be vertically mounted. i can always contact the seller to be sure.
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wood carvers have used lime for centuries so you know it will behave but if this is for an outdoor carving the make it a roof as it wont last long out in the elements. try something that is more weatherproof like cedar of lebanon, western red cedar, larch, lawsons cypress or wellingtonia.
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on the fire pile :bawling::bawling: let me know when you can drop it off.
