Bugger, a bigger one.

[RETIRED]

:D

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[Rum Pig]

That's not big :C:U:U
Do you think it is big enough to get a pen blank out of it:?:D

[watson]

and.....size isn't everything sweetheart :rotfl:

[tea lady]

But its yellow. :C You don't want a yellow one.:doh::D (Wonder who cleans up all their shavings. :think: )

[dai sensei]

But they are not turning by hand, it is a router or something on a travelling rail, that's cheating so doesn't count :U

[joe greiner]

If I'd known about this when I resided in Washington State, I might still be there.

Cheers,
Joe

[brendan stemp]

good to see they are still making them just like they did in the old days!!!

[Waldo]

Bugger.

[TTIT]

Not a chisel in sight :~ - doesn't count.:;

[Allen Neighbors]

Thanks for posting. No Chisels in sight? Yep. Bottom line is the bottom line. :D

[artme]

good to see they are still making them just like they did in the old days!!!

Did they make 'em that way in the old days , or did they just get the straightest tree in sight, knock off the branches and set to with axes and draw knives? Would be interesting to know.

[RETIRED]

Have a look around the site and all will be revealed.:wink::D

[hughie]

I wonder what the seasoning process is? The inference seems to be, cut it down and turn it.:?

[brendan stemp]

Did they make 'em that way in the old days , or did they just get the straightest tree in sight, knock off the granches and set to with axes and draw knives? Would be interesting to know.

I wasn't being serious

[artme]

Had a look at the remains of an old mast at Port Stanley in the Falklands. Bit hard to tell with all the weathering and so on but it seemed to have been made as I suggested.

There were plenty of what I would call split rings all the way up the mast. These seemed to be used to both holg equipment and to prevent the mast from splitting. They could be tightened onto the timber by tightening the nuts on either side.