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18th December 2011, 10:07 AM #1
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Think I can get a box out of this
Reckon I could get one or two boxes out of this
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18th December 2011, 10:10 AM #2
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Nup! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to small! Bl**&y ugly too!
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18th December 2011, 10:19 AM #3
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That's what I thought, wonder what it burns like
Originally Posted by tea lady
Nup! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to small! Bl**&y ugly too!
To many curly bits the grain is not straight really don't know why I have it.
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18th December 2011, 10:28 AM #4
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Just to look at I guess! Originally Posted by Phil Spencer
That's what I thought, wonder what it burns like
To many curly bits the grain is not straight really don't know why I have it.
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18th December 2011, 11:40 AM #5
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Maybe this piece would be better
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18th December 2011, 11:45 AM #6
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Some nice boards you got there.
If you want to swap for some straight grain stuff that will split better with the axe for kindling, let me know, Ive got some suitable ones in the shed.
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18th December 2011, 12:35 PM #7
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OK. I has to ask now. What do we have here, (apart from potential firewood or firewood boxes)? Is it Qld Maple perhaps?
Some good looking lids, or matched pair of box lids from those really curly ends might be coming to a WIP soon?
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18th December 2011, 01:08 PM #8
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Red Myrtle from the Apple Isle. Wondering how the curly ends will go through the thicknesser or perhaps the low angle LN Smoother will be the way to go. Originally Posted by Pops
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18th December 2011, 05:40 PM #9
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Might need a scraper! Or a no. 80 Stanley! Originally Posted by Phil Spencer
wanna borrow mine?
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18th December 2011, 06:32 PM #10
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Thanks TL already have one Originally Posted by tea lady
Or a no. 80 Stanley!
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18th December 2011, 09:57 PM #11
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Oh I reckon you could Phil. Give it a whirl, see what happens.
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19th December 2011, 06:22 AM #12
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From experience, work both sides of the timber. It seems to burnish under a hand scraper and then curls away from the burnished side. A most unusual effect. It is sooooo pretty when finished.
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19th December 2011, 12:16 PM #13
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I have used a bit of Tas myrtle and a lot of it like yours. IMHO beautiful timber but beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say . I never had any trouble putting myrtle over the planer or through the thicknesser - sharp blades though. Originally Posted by Phil Spencer
That's what I thought, wonder what it burns like
To many curly bits the grain is not straight really don't know why I have it.
But if you want to throw it outI'll take it
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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19th December 2011, 12:25 PM #14
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The more i look at it the more I like it, going to have a go at buggering it up, watch this space. Originally Posted by Peter36
I have used a bit of Tas myrtle and a lot of it like yours. IMHO beautiful timber but beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say . I never had any trouble putting myrtle over the planer or through the thicknesser - sharp blades though.
But if you want to throw it outI'll take it
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27th December 2011, 02:53 AM #15
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Probably should discard this board because that crack at the top will just keep traveling until you have 2 irregular boards. Of course you could still make boxes out of the irregular boards, match boxes that is. Originally Posted by Phil Spencer
All joking aside those are some very nice boards and should make extremely attractive boxes.
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