spiral

True but there softwoods originally from cold climates! Oak Elm & Ash in Devon valleys {Not the moor ones.} grow or grew like there fed chocolate!

They were telling you porkys... Although of course I agree,anywhere can have poor sites slowing growth, lack of soil, exposed positions , over crowded growth etc. But latitude in temperate zones does make a big difference, trees grow quicker in Devon than most non south coast places. Ive had laburnam firewood in Devon at 25 years old & 12 inch diameter {walled garden.} & 80 years old & 6 inch diameter. { You could see the North Atlantic from where it grew.} There are softwood growth yield charts & I think I have a Victorian data comparing Devon & Northen Elm somewhere, but in truth Trees do go faster round here than in the frozen lands. Even in Finland the southern growing spruce is much faster than the northern. Was at Knighthayes on Tuesday, don't reckon those turkey oaks would be that fat in the frozen north?

I agree totally, as much as I personaly hate sapwood, in truth most furniture makers would just dye it, as they have since the 1930s.

Could be plantation grown Sheesham.

Big J & Devon Twig, The difference in quality & & amount of heartwood between Devon & Scotland is immense. Many hardwoods in Devon grow at about 4 rings an inch on good sites, Id guess Scotland is nearer 10? Due to colder temperature's , longer winters & regular frost.

Good for pallets...or firewood....

Wow! guess I was very lucky as the board even included, cross cut burr & fiddleback, It was from a pile of timber that had been in a cellar for years though, perhaps time played a part. spiral

Only if spiral grained I think? Ive made a chest from 24 inch wide slow grown sweet chestnut, hardly plained anything of it & 18 years later its still flat. {including the heart board for the top.}

Well if hes still about & still learning in a couple more years he might have learnt a lot by then & be doing it properly.... Think of him as a pioneer! If doing it commercially? A different matter.

Your Scum.

I wonder if he will dry it first , smoulder it or advertise it for sale, locally?

The originally kiln dried 100% perfect slow grown, knot & totally defect free A1 grade Finnish spruce that's been in my loft for 15 years is damper in the winter than the summer. That's from moisture drawn from surrounding air... spiral

A simple click on link should have done it, then click on link on opened page... no copy to Device stuff..... Yep when I was at school they brought a calculater into the class & shoud it to us... the school had bought 1 for £400! 5 years later they were free in boxes of cornflakes...

A neighbour put a working fridge freezer by the path outside his house, with note saying, "working order free to a good home" after 2 days it was still there & his wife said, change it to working order £20.. Someone nicked it that night! {But it was Friday....}

On a 10 ft log its the short end that matters...

Isnt it... I guess some treecutters have trouble with the internet, but many webers would have trouble cutting a tree! Some can do both to a lesser or greater degree.

I did say especially post 10!

I guess post 21 was to subtle ?

Heres an interesting link about milling, Especially post 10... http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/optimising-an-090-for-milling.239232/

Cherry brandy is also famous for its cyanide content, but the amount that would kill most non alcoholics is roughly the same , as the likely fatal dose of Alcohol. What a dilemma!

How about 200? Ill still have 999 on speed dial? spiral

I think 20 to 40 in a blender would be lethal to a child.. But if you want to come down for a few pints of cider & a curry & 300 cherry pips in a blender with some rum fair enough... Ill keep the mobile on standby with 999 on speed dial... You'll have to agree in writing its your choice though. Actually you'll have to do the blending, cos it will still look bad in the red tops .... As for couldn't be sold... go & eat 20 cigarettes... youll be dead... But yes I didn't intend my comment to panic anyone... So sorry if a bit alarmist... But the point being cherry leaves & pips are defiantly poisonous...

Its what I was taught in biology at school.. {4 decades ago.}. so yes I have to agree that could be wrong... Eating lots is irrelevant evidence is well though... I m sure you didn't crush them to smithereens. I suspect the true figure is between about 10 times what I said & 10% of your equally ridiculous figure! As for evidence , here some about peach/ almond kernels that contain the same poison {Admitadly in greater amounts. } Delena Tull (Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest, 1987) wrote … “Human cyanide poisoning most frequently occurs from ingestion of the seed kernels inside the stony pits [of peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, nectarines, etc.]. The classic poisoning story tells of a man who relished apple seeds also in the rose family. He saved up a large number, then ate them all at once. It was his final meal (Ricciuti 1978). In recent years health food enthusiasts have encouraged the eating of apricot seeds as a source of laetrile, allegedly to prevent cancer. Though a single apricot seed probably can be considered safe for an adult, a man who ate 28 died (Michael Ellis, letter to the author, August 1986). A small child reacts to a much lower dose of a toxin than does an adult. As few as two to five apricot or peach kernels can be fatal to a child (Ellis 1978). Cyanide has a very low lethal dose, and death can occur rapidly. [...] A few other vegetables and fruits should be treated with caution. As long as you eat lima beans in the United States, you need not worry, but if you travel outside the States, beware. Lima beans, Phaseolus liminensis and P. lunatus, contain the cyanogenetic glycoside phaseolunatin, which also converts to cyanide in the body. Cyanide levels of lima beans in the United States have been monitored since World War I.”

Deja vous... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/bloopers-etc/80465-amazing.html

Yep cherries are poisonous, the leaves & pips especially. {A couple of crushed pips can kill a child.] Cherry Laurels even worse... Spiral