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    It's lovely wood and you certainly did it...

    It's lovely wood and you certainly did it justice. Nicely done!!

    cheers
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    Very nice!! I'll bet you took care to be VERY...

    Very nice!! I'll bet you took care to be VERY aware of where your hands and tools were eh?

    cheers

    John
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    Based on the colouring of the spalting and the...

    Based on the colouring of the spalting and the whiteness of the wood I would have guessed that it's birch. Based on the grain I would have guessed that it's Elm.

    cheers
  4. That sounds like a piece of wood for making pens...

    That sounds like a piece of wood for making pens and pencils from Hilel. Hard as rock, lots of character. Maybe all it really wants is to be sawn straight and turned round :cool: ?
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    I would like to put in a business-mans $0.02...

    I would like to put in a business-mans $0.02 worth here (having been self-employed for many years) and add my vote to those who are advocating charging more (but fairly) rather than less. A person...
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    American Elm spalts nicely without going all...

    American Elm spalts nicely without going all punky and the spalting lines can be a solid black - very sharp! Sometimes, depending on the wood, you can get some light blue shading that seems to be in...
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    I also have a General 160 (albeit a very...

    I also have a General 160 (albeit a very ooolllldd one) and it works just fine for turning small pieces. I have made a shorter tool rest than the 12" one that came with it, and I will also be buying...
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    Another of the "under appreciated" woods. That's...

    Another of the "under appreciated" woods. That's a great looking bowl with nice form and grain!

    cheers
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    That's a great looking piece of Apple Burl - and...

    That's a great looking piece of Apple Burl - and a nice form on the bowl as well.

    cheers eh?
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    Very Very Nice!!! I really like the flowing...

    Very Very Nice!!!

    I really like the flowing grain.

    I've not turned a lot of different types of wood, but of the ones I have turned, Elm is my favourite so far.

    cheers eh?
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    Those are both very nice forms, but I have to...

    Those are both very nice forms, but I have to give the Cherry platter an extra "thumbs up". I don't see any blemishes on them, so I'm guessing that you suffer from the same affliction that the rest...
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    This is not an answer, but a related question to...

    This is not an answer, but a related question to go along with yours...

    Maybe my info is out of date, but as carbide relates to metalworking, I have found that carbide will cut better (faster and...
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    It's lovely !! At 43cm it really is BIG!! (I...

    It's lovely !!

    At 43cm it really is BIG!! (I just measured that out on my desk to see)

    cheers eh?
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    I have an MS361 with an 18" bar and it's been a...

    I have an MS361 with an 18" bar and it's been a great saw. As far as the 25" bar goes though..... I'm with Jack... I think that you're going to find that it's very nose heavy and the unusual balance...
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    A question for you ... Is there any reason...

    A question for you ...

    Is there any reason (building code etc.) why the deck has to be attached to the house? If you wanted to turn your deck 90', would it be possible to put the deck on posts...
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    I would like to suggest that you use your...

    I would like to suggest that you use your chainsaw mill to cut the logs into rectangular cants. The reason for this is that the chainsaw mill will take out a huge kerf, something in the area of 1/4"...
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    In the plans for our retirement house we are...

    In the plans for our retirement house we are including a walk-in shower, large enough to set a wooden chair into as part of the en-suite bathroom unit for our bedroom. There will be no tub. The guest...
  18. That's a good deal, and worth bringing into...

    That's a good deal, and worth bringing into Canada at that price. Amazon.ca has it discounted to $119 and 1-3 months delivery time.

    cheers
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    Maybe if there's enough material you could drill...

    Maybe if there's enough material you could drill around the outside of the broken screw with a plug cutter bit, then chip it out with a small sharp chisel and glue a maple plug into the hole before...
  20. Nice looking end grain on that photo with the saw...

    Nice looking end grain on that photo with the saw - nice big log too.

    Too bad there are no programs for taking wood like this to a recycling facility where they could be milled for lumber, cut...
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    ifitwasmine idprobablycutit rightdownthe...

    ifitwasmine idprobablycutit rightdownthe middleandmake eachhalfintoabowl

    Curtis,

    A bit of courtesy towards your fellow forumites, that being in the form of punctuation and capitalisation, might...
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    I really like that piece!! Ash and Elm are my...

    I really like that piece!! Ash and Elm are my favourite woods (so far) for turnings - the grains are spectacular and the barks make a super contrast to the wood without overpowering it (IMHO :)).
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    Big box stores .... tagged with "Borg" .......

    Big box stores .... tagged with "Borg" .... likely to describe a similarity to the Star Trek entity of the same name and probably because of the tendancy for visitors to become assimilated and never...
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    Paul & Maylon, Thank you for your answers....

    Paul & Maylon,

    Thank you for your answers. Paul's bowl is beautiful! and has almost the same colouration as the hickory that I have stored in a snowbank outside:). I think that based on these...
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    With all the warnings about drying very hard, and...

    With all the warnings about drying very hard, and about bad cracking ... has anyone here tried turning hickory green to finished size? I'd be curious to hear about other's experiences and to know if...
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