its definately not yew.
It does have a yellowy green colouration. the barck is almost "leather" like.
I thought laburnum but havent anything to compare it to.
thanks for the suggestions
Andrew
I too have the kity 3636 planer thicknesser.
I would love a copy of the manual. can anybody email me or PM?
I think I need to adjust the infeed table for level, but cant find anything to adjust. any ideas?