Part 2 of the walnut

[Derek]

Well having got the walnut home it was time to rough cut ready for conversion into turning material. So this is where I am at as of today, I would have been further ahead but Saturday I spent the day at our turning club watching a demo by Mark Sanger, then yesterday I was out with the wife having a meal with the family for her 80th birthday.
Well at least today I managed to get to this stage now to complete the conversion after having to sort out the wood store to fit it in as room is very tight. And I still have a 12ft long piece of yew to go and look at where am I going to put that when I get it.
The thickest piece is 4" and the thinnest is 2 1/2". The large pieces in the first photo I can get a 17" bowl out of them they are also 242 long so can get some smaller ones out of it as well. Well worth the two turned wooden pens.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Derek I think you have got a bargain there!

[Bryan Milham]

You've got to love some of the colours that can be seen in that wood.

[Misa]

That is a really nice haul. Quite envious!

[Redtails4]

Hi
You can all stop drooling after all you are grown men .now it's my turn beautiful colours

[Derek]

Spent this morning sorting out the wood store to fit this lot in. Now what will I do with the yew tree when I collect it on Thursday

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Spent this morning sorting out the wood store to fit this lot in. Now what will I do with the yew tree when I collect it on Thursday

Apart from teasing the rest of you mean?

[Derek]

Apart from teasing the rest of you mean?

Don't worry I will take some photos of the yew when I get it

I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it

[John Plater]

I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it
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Easier said than done, I used to have a back garden 
ATB John

[Derek]

I think I need to think twice about saying yes to wood until I have got rid of some that I have by turning it

Easier said than done, I used to have a back garden 
ATB John
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Well I have a little garden as it is only 100feet long so still plenty of room for more sheds

[Derek]

Still working on this lot. But the yew got postponed until tomorrow so out collecting that. Also to slow things down did an event the weekend and unloaded the car and blow me down if I only went and found a biggish lump of lightly spalted beech measuring 47" X 17" X 3" just could not work out how it got there

[Les Symonds]

.....found a biggish lump of lightly spalted beech measuring 47" X 17" X 3" just could not work out how it got there

.....I think that I must have left it there, by mistake. Next time you're in Bala, drop it in please and I'll put it to good use. 

[Bryan Milham]

I wondered where I left that!

[Derek]

That last was not the end of it.
Yet more wood having a great month for collecting. I think I am becoming a wood hoarder.
I went out today and looked at the yew log I mentioned the other day which is 12foot but only came back with this pile. I can hear you all saying well what happened to the log well that one and a shorter one which is bigger in diameter was just too much for my volvo estate car so the very very kind man said he will deliver those two free of charge.
This is what I brought back 12" steel ruler for scale. Could be some nice pippy yew blanks in the two larger pieces

[seventhdevil]

i thought i was the wood hoarder amongst us?

tipping the scales at two 20' containers full.