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  1. #1
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    Default Hard Rubbish Collection

    I'm not normally one who scabs stuff from hard rubbish collections, but as I was driving through an area the other day there was, on one nature strip, two lengths of timber that were calling out to me so I stopped and picked them up. They had been stained and lacquered so it was a little hard to tell what they were until I got them them home and put the saw through them. Lucky me. 1 metre long x 170 mm wide x 70 mm thick, very old, very dry rock hard jarrah Geez this stuff was hard. I spent more time at the grinder than I did at the lathe
    Anyway these are the pics of the first piece to come out out it.
    Yeah I know, my photography sucks but I only have a crappy mobile phone camera.

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    Nice job fixer. gorgeous colour!

    Photo tip: The blue towel in the first picture has clearly upset your camera's colour balance. This can be corrected in software but the best way is to use a neutral colour background for photographing work.

    Quote Originally Posted by thefixer View Post
    I'm not normally one who scabs stuff from hard rubbish collections,
    I am one who normally does. I picked up 3 pallets today - [don't worry they were clearly put out as part of hard rubbish - no CHEP labels etc]. I turn them into stickers - bits of wood for putting between milled slabs.

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    very nice, well done ,one mans rubbish

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    "Thar's treasure in them hills"

    Way to go Shorty...great find and nice turnings!!
    Cheers,
    Ed

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    Good scab on! Any wood layin' out is food for the lathe!! Looks good, and worth the wear on the tools.
    Al
    Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

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    Fine work Shorty!!
    Free wood is the way to go

    -- Wood Listener--

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    Good find and nice turning

    Any wood is fare game for me
    Cheers Rum Pig

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    What they all said. And really good results, Shorty.

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    Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain

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