Recent content by Tris

The joys of converting your own timber 😄 Colours can be fantastic, especially the stone fruits/prunus

Have noticed a distinct spiral in Apple trunks I've cut for turning in the past. I'd be tempted to cut it down the middle with the chainsaw then wait a bit to see what it does.

Depends which hemisphere ;)

A sled for the bandsaw, at the most basic this could be a stout board screwed to the log opposite the first cut. Use that to get a flat surface on one side, flip the log on to that face, remove the board and start cutting slices

Tried and failed to read Wohllenbergs book a few years back, but if you are interested in further reading then Merlin Sheldrake's book Entangled Life is worthwhile. I'd suggest Paul Stamets' Mycelium Running but it doesn't deal much with the symbiotic side of mycorrhizae, still interesting...

Have you got inline shut off valves? If not then it might be a chance to do two jobs at once. Cut the copper, sort out the trap, refit copper with inline valve

I've shifted a blockage with a wet rag in the overflow and a vacuum cleaner nozzle on the outlet before now. Doesn't work every time but enough to be worth a try before breaking out the sledgehammer

Does it have to be in one piece?

Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze and scare me! How on earth did someone work out that flashing mirrors would attract birds? On second thoughts.. best not go there

What does it smell like? I've had some types of cherry with wood of that depth of colour, but I don't think the sapwood was so pale. If it has an almond/marzipan smell it could be prunus family Looks perfect for a hollow form (y)

Tell that to the pink one I saw last night

Always learn something new from your posts so looking forward to seeing this one develop

As a recent convert to the track saw I'd say they are invaluable for sheet goods and the Parkside one is better than you could reasonably expect at the price. Worth taking a look at Peter Millard's videos on YouTube as he's compared a lot of them and has a great selection of beginners tutorials...

+1 for the joggle stick. Used one to fit out my campervan build and it did the job a treat. Any shape with a point will do as long as you can tell the two sides apart

There was a small owner-run place in Alton that was good, but as we moved 12 years ago they could be long gone. Otherwise I would sometimes go down to WL West, but it's a bit of a trek