Look wot LOML brung me

[Grumpy John]

LOML arrived home from work today with a bootload of timber she found on a nature strip near her work. Of course the piecas were totally useless for bowl blanks so I cut them into blocks between 100mm and 130mm square then dipped them in wax. I hope to be able to get some nice lidded containers and/or pencil pots from this haul.

LOML thinks the tree could have been a Liquid Amber as there were branches with leaves very similar to LA also on the nature strip. Anyone out there care to confirm or correct this?

[Robomanic]

Nice haul, so nice of SWMBO to contribute to your obsession.

(like the fry-pan. I have exactly the same type used for exactly the same job :) )

[robutacion]

Hi GJ

I reckon, your SWMBO has a very good chance of being right! I collected recently one full branch of LA (max diam. about 8") from a tree that wasn't as mature as the one you got there (size of the trunk) and the bark and timber characteristics look similar. Shame that the logs were a little "short" for bowl blanks but, you still manage a fair bit of wood!

I can't recall if my wife has done the same before or not but, she will be perfectly capable of doing something like that!:D and that in any bloke's language, is a nice thing...!:;

Cheers:2tsup:
RBTCO

[Ed Reiss]

...well GJ, now you have to do something nice for her, like, maybe those diamond earrings she's always wanted!!!:U

[Ad de Crom]

GJ, always nice having a cooperating LOML, do she expect something from you?
Nice wood for small boxes like you suggest.
Ad :2tsup:

[artme]

Wish LOML would be so considerate!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Ozkaban]

Looks like liquid amber to me. I have a row of them in front of my place - the bark looks right.

Nice haul by the way. There is a tree lopper on my way home from work who often dumps logs on the nature strip. 90% of the time it's pine though... Normally I just watch for fuirewood, but I'll have to watch a little closer next time!

cheers,
Dave

[Grumpy John]

Looks like liquid amber to me. I have a row of them in front of my place - the bark looks right.


cheers,
Dave


Thanks Dave :2tsup::2tsup:.

[Grumpy John]

..........do she expect something from you?
..........

always!!

[munruben]

Nice haul.:2tsup: