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  1. 23rd February 2009, 09:20 PM #1
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    Default Look wot LOML brung me

    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?
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  3. 23rd February 2009, 09:29 PM #2
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    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 )
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    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! and that in any bloke's language, is a nice thing...!

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    ...well GJ, now you have to do something nice for her, like, maybe those diamond earrings she's always wanted!!!
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    GJ, always nice having a cooperating LOML, do she expect something from you?
    Nice wood for small boxes like you suggest.
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    Wish LOML would be so considerate!!
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    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozkaban View Post
    Looks like liquid amber to me. I have a row of them in front of my place - the bark looks right.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ad de crom View Post
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    Nice haul.
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