Suburban Harvest

[Farnk]

:D
Yesterday's wild winds around melb have taken their toll on the suburban forest.

So, the drive home from work tonight saw me picking up a uteload of turning timber to be. Mostly silky oak and some black wattle. Both timbers that I quite like to turn.

What have other people picked up?

[joe greiner]

Three days ago, one of my neighbours dropped off a large red cedar trunk. Yesterday, I started cutting some bowl blanks: Took a 12-inch slice, and sawed into quarters. Still quite a bit of cutting pending to make the actual blanks. I'm not sure what I'll do with the rest of the trunk. Yes, this is a gloat. (Diameter measurements via Pi tape are Imperial.)

He's also given me a few plum logs, from a stash he'll use for smoking meats.

About a year ago, another neighbour had a large podocarpus (yew) felled, and I rescued most of the large logs for turning and a few gifts to other turners.

Joe

[rowie]

seen a lot of eucs, plane & rotted plum fall prey, got my eye on a huge elm that fell, just havent had time to check it out yet.
PS speaking of prunus plum, that's what your 'black wattle' looks like to me?

[rsser]

Sing out if you need a hand Rowie ;-}

A Silver Birch came down locally, but the bole was rotten. Salvaged a few small pieces.

[hughie]

sigh............. all these darn trees coming down around me and no way to store em.

The world is so cruel at times....:no:

[rowie]

Sing out if you need a hand Rowie ;-} No need Ern, the good bits are already cut into large blanks,(square and round) thicknessed, waxed and ready to be stored :2tsup:thanks anyway:- I will bring some over on Sat:;
A Silver Birch came down locally, but the bole was rotten. Salvaged a few small pieces.
As with most of the stuff that fell in the storm, most of the elm was rotten too:(( but not where the birdseye was:2tsup:

[ptc]

mostly black wood

[wheelinround]

:o Show off Pete
:2tsup:

Is that all winter fire wood :D

[ptc]

no room in wood shed

[wheelinround]

If you hadn't chopped it all up you could have built another wood shed

[rsser]

Gee Peter! Great haul.

... and thanks Rowie. Look forward to catching up at the Turnfest.

[ptc]

Thats the fire wood.
the good stuff is in the other shed !

[rsser]

Yeah, burns and turns nicely. Half your luck.