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  1. 18th October 2010, 05:25 PM #1
    Black Bear
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    The local council was about to mulch all its logs and other vegetation, luckily I was able to get several logs of Camphor Laurel and one excellent, old log of Silky oak with a very strange looking black butt.

    My mate has a chain saw attachment and it cuts slabs of many thicknesses to the point of where they can be run through a wide thicknesser without any odd shapes.

    The Photo shows Ray cutting the Silky Oak, we got 10 30mm slabs at around 280mm in width.
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  3. 18th October 2010, 08:42 PM #2
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    Good scavenging!!! Keep it up!!
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  4. 18th October 2010, 08:47 PM #3
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    Great to see folk salvaging logs that were otherwise headed for the chipper.Well done lads
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    Fantastic! Looks like beautiful timber.

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  6. 18th October 2010, 09:00 PM #5
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    Just in Time . I wonder if my council are planning to cut down some of the silky oaks aroound here.
    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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  7. 19th October 2010, 08:08 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glider View Post
    Fantastic! Looks like beautiful timber.

    Mick
    Ray, who is just 80, knows a lot more about timber than I do. Ray says that the silky oak could be one of the old growth trees that were growing here 100 years ago. He basis this on the pink colour of the timber, which he suggests may stay even when dry...in 6 months time.

    This is a part of the joy of being a Woodie, getting your own wood and turning it into something worth while. Like this jewellery box maybe.
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