Big Beech

My wife's van was involved in a collision whilst waiting to turn right at a junction. She had to cross to the right and therefore avoid the on coming traffic. Bloke pulls out from the junction and 'T' bone the van on the door pillar and is written off. Man accepts liability. An insurance claim is put in, a valuation completed at £1790. Hire car arranged by our insurance for 1 month. Cheque appears in the post £1300. Told to stuff it, I want what you told me it was worth. Meanwhile numnut has not informed his insurance company and is now denying involvement,, but we have pictures of his car at the scene with subsequent damage. His insurers mucking everyone around. I get a full cheque after hire company lawyer gets involved. Our premium goes up threefold for unsettled insurance claim. Hire company sends there invoice and is not paid. They not very happy at All! Now going to court! Why I have no idea, guess we will find out in march!!!

Found this, might be of interest to see how it works! Internal Combustion in Super Slow Motion

Just a thought and suggestion, but I have three bars available, one short, medium and one long. It appears that the bar is overly long and sapping much of the saws power on excess bar length. If milling small stuff I would suggest investing in another bar!

Soft as s***e and twice as nasty! For what purpose other than wasting time are you milling it for, or is it spalted or a rare Willow?

Yes, sharpen both teeth and scoreing cutter. You will go through normal files at an increased rate as the the teeth are harder than normal chain. I us the granberg grinder and stones. Saves my elbows!

Because it's been open to oxygen which has caused the reaction. But as you stated filings can cause this too, but most likely is that somewhere at sometime there has been a foreign body within it

Looks like Beech? Good luck in getting that off with a pressure washer!!! I would leave as is, and Danish oil over top would look dandy!

We have springs in our field, as certainly don't look like that! Possible an old sceptic pipe that has decayed? Or no smell? But water looks like "grey water" associated with it. I would find a local dowser and see what or where it leads as it appears they are all in a row?

No pictures on this note book I don't think, but this is its baby brother, 070 However it will be coming out soon for an Oak milling job soon

Lovely sounding and large mature tree. Shame its to be felled just because it's pippy. Which I am guessing is unlikely to yield significant $ against its environmental importance. Just my thoughts of course!

We have a few fruits we picked up at fair's. Apple made from an oak burr, lemon made from something yellow! An pear made from a Banksia's seed pod, and a few small cherries. And another pear from Yew. In a nice wavy edge spalted birch burr bowl

Has anyone found a solution to the light source yet?

Call me old fashioned, but a t light is wider than 16mm, and an auger bit is in my view a wrong tool for the job. I'd use a forstner bit as mentioned or if being tight as I am use what I have which is a spade bit of 30mm

Anothet project! I was looking for inspiration for a table lamp. Looks like ive found it!

Something like this?

As much as I love land rover's owning two, that's a waste of a good bit of beech!!

Great thanks

Alder is knly orange when fresh cut, it was used as mentionex for piles underwater and revetment work for stabilising river banks etc. But it had to be submerged and used soon after felling. Clogs are not orange as the timber finally drys natural colour, so expect the boards to be the same

Thanks Chris, As and when i get around to it i will make contact. Any pix?

Thanks Steve, Project on hold for while, just bought an original oil painting And now officially skint, though hopeful it will happen. My other option, but not for these folding knifes will be a nice custom blade and mammoth ivory handle from Russia. Don't suppose you got any ??? Something similar to this Special Edition Bran - Emberleaf Workshops

My old grey matter still has some information recall value then

Ther is a pdf available, but for the life of me cant recall the name of it. I have it on the computer, but not on my phone as i type. Hang about, Will Malloff seems a name?

Welcome the world milling, the fine dust is a nightmare and is essentially why it's hard on kit. Clean as needed, every time you refuel.

Thanks for the input, some good information there. Steve, thanks for the options, though looking at more traditional woods. Another thought which iam exploring is using quarter sawn bog oak, which may look great with the medullary rays similar to the fire pattern steel. Does anyone have experience with the timber? If it's kiln dried and oiled would it or should it be stabilised first?

To the back of the que you bitches