Thread: London Plane Recovery

They aint good for asthma either as bushmiller says, its to do with the seed pods, silver birch is another one.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Hmm, that is a big beast

I was surprised when I used London Plane, it looked plane and boring to start with, but in finishing it showed beautiful oak like grain.

Plane tree (Platanus sp.) timber is Sycamore to Americans and Lacewood to Britons. Well regarded timber in both countries, as far as I know.

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

Plane tree (Platanus sp.) timber is Sycamore to Americans and Lacewood to Britons. Well regarded timber in both countries, as far as I know.

Brian

There may be a little confusion here and I acknowledge that frequently local names are adopted. An example in Oz would be the description of Tasmanian Oak, which is not a true oak and in fact represents several species with similar properties. Meranti and mahogany are similar in this regard.

Plane is Platanus orientalis
London Plane is Platanus x.acerifolia
Sycamore is Acer pseudoplatanus
Lacewood is cardwellia sublimis (Also known as northern silky oak)

Whilst there is some overlap of description (even within the latin nomenclature) each one exists in it's own right.

Regards
Paul

Which unit in the metric system, the part for linear measurement, is the "mt"????
I thought that the symbols had been standardized more than a century ago and all signatories to the adoption of the SI metric system agreed to follow those.
More importantly, what is the metric system unit 'm', meant to indicate?

From my understanding both m & mt are both metre (Australian/English spelling) or meter (American spelling)

Originally Posted by Acco

From my understanding both m & mt are both metre (Australian/English spelling) or meter (American spelling)

The US is the only english speaking country in the word using meter and I have never seen mt used anywhere as an accepted unit symbol. Use of correct or accepted units and symbols can be legally significant as some contracts (especially between countries) can be void if accepted terms are not used. Legally in the US both metre or metre can be used. The reason for this when US companies trade with some countries they may be required to use metres or their contracts may not be valid in the other country.

Here is a very interesting article on all this
http://www.metricationmatters.com/do...e_or_meter.pdf

Originally Posted by BobL

The US is the only english speaking country in the word using meter and I have never seen mt used anywhere as an accepted unit symbol.

Bob

We use MT at work but it stands for metric tons. Guess what? The place was built by the americans.

Regards
Paul

Acco

Were you cutting this timber or just moving around for a customer?

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Acco

Were you cutting this timber or just moving around for a customer?

Regards
Paul

Moving it for a client, I haven't used my Lucas for 2 or 3 yrs

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

London Plane is a hybrid of the Plane tree (Planus Occidentalis). This is one at Heathrow .

Regards
Paul

Surely that's a classic example of the Flame Plane... (Planus Accidentalis)

Had to move some of this timber today and thought I'd take some pics whilst it was in the slings and suspended in the air.

Not the best pics but should give you an idea

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Will try to get more pics as I still have to transport the rest of the timber