That pile of logs in my avatar...

[Ganymede]

@brand - great pix. And those nails sound scary! Activists in the rain forest used to put 9" nails into trees to confound the loggers but they started using metal detectors. The activists switched to ceramic rods. The would wreck the machinery and temporarily halt the logging.

THe bog oak is interesting - I suppose it must be saturated in spite of being so hard. He might have charged more as bog oak is harder to work than green.

The way to know if an old turned chair is genuine is to feel the turned sections - if they are completely cylindrical, it's probably modern. If they are oval in section, the chair was turned green in the old way.

 

[brand]

@brand - great pix. And those nails sound scary! Activists in the rain forest used to put 9" nails into trees to confound the loggers but they started using metal detectors. The activists switched to ceramic rods. The would wreck the machinery and temporarily halt the logging.

THe bog oak is interesting - I suppose it must be saturated in spite of being so hard. He might have charged more as bog oak is harder to work than green.

The way to know if an old turned chair is genuine is to feel the turned sections - if they are completely cylindrical, it's probably modern. If they are oval in section, the chair was turned green in the old way.

The greenheart is waterproof and very insect repellent. The wood is used in quays jetties that sort of thing. Also in few places on canals. In the sea the base is attacked by sea worms but they don't like it or it might kill them they only go in about 10 mil. The base gets a half hour glass shape and eventually break's off after about 80 to 100 years. The peices that are 12" squares will sit about 2" above the water. A bit dodgy for small boats as they probably won't see it. So they put it on the dock side and I an mate help get rid of it in his van. We take it home in longish lengths 4' for 12" square to finish cutting it. Had some 12" x 6" recently decided to note how many cuts before I needed to sharpen the chain 12 cuts about best.
Oh and Scott of the Antarctic lined the hull of his ship to strenthen it against the ice.

 

[Saluki]

Nice.
I bet everyone has to use coasters under their tea mugs in your place
Actually, I wouldn't let anyone I know near that if that was mine.

 

[marknotgeorge]

My great-grandfather, who died before I was born, built the table that now dominates our dining room. It's nothing particularly special as a construction, but it has the patina of thousands of family meals...

 

[Ganymede]

Nice.
I bet everyone has to use coasters under their tea mugs in your place
Actually, I wouldn't let anyone I know near that if that was mine.

My sister said "ooh no we'll all have to wear evening dress to eat at it" but in fact it is the kitchen table so it will have to get used to some regular wear. But yes, at present it's all coasters and placemats, and i think I will put a cover on it when we have a houseful at Christmas, since we'll have teens and toddlers in the same house! David who made the table says he had a kitchen surface made of 5-times-oiled ashwood and it lasted really well (the table has 5 coats too) so I am trying not to be too precious about it. Function as well as decoration!

 

[brand]

And those nails sound scary! Activists in the rain forest used to put 9" nails into trees to confound the loggers but they started using metal detectors. The activists switched to ceramic rods. The would wreck the machinery and temporarily halt the logging.

Yet another square nail I didn't hit with my chainsaw. Found again in my wood burner. As the wood is probably 100 years old do you think they were trying to stop the loggers? I assume no chainsaws then but wouldn't do a handsaw a lot of good!

 

[brand]

Spotted this one as the bolt was visible

Ignore the other bits and pieces using my tablet to take photo. It has the camera facing the user making it difficult to take pictures of anything other than your own face.

 

[raleighnut]

I think the nails are fixings from when it was a quay and they're 'buried' cos the end has rotted off, a 'cable and stud finder' should locate them. You can get them for £10-15 B&Q possibly.

 

[Globalti]

We had a cherry tree that was an overgrown gift from the builder of our house so we cut it down and went on a wood-turning website to offer it free for collection. We were soon contacted by a turner in Stornoway and a week or two later a truck turned up with two Jocks who heaved the trunk into the back and drove off.

Several weeks later we received a mystery parcel from Stornoway and when we opened it we found a beautiful cherry wood bowl!

 

[raleighnut]

Nice turning wood fresh cut Cherry.

 

[Ganymede]

Nice turning wood fresh cut Cherry.

When you turn it green it smells like cherry cough mixture.

 

[Headgardener]

Spotted this one as the bolt was visible

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Ignore the other bits and pieces using my tablet to take photo. It has the camera facing the user making it difficult to take pictures of anything other than your own face.

The washer looks a bit small but I'd say that was a ship nail for a Henry VIII era warship. There was about two foot thickness of planking on a warship to protect against cannon fire. Then again I may be wrong.

 

[Ganymede]

Nice.
I bet everyone has to use coasters under their tea mugs in your place
Actually, I wouldn't let anyone I know near that if that was mine.

Had a few friends round for a roast dinner and to play some tunes. Sat them round the table to eat, it was covered with woven place mats but with lots of wood showing. Much was spilt including a sudden flood of red wine (me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!) but it all wiped off and it's perfect again this morning.

And it really did feel incredibly special eating off our own tree!

 

[brand]

I think the nails are fixings from when it was a quay and they're 'buried' cos the end has rotted off, a 'cable and stud finder' should locate them. You can get them for £10-15 B&Q possibly.

Sounds right but they are often in the middle with no hole leading to it? Have a cable and stud finder doesn't seem to find them? One round nail with a spike each end went right down the middle of a 6 foot piece of timber with 2 pieces nailed to it on each end. That was for camel back basically a floating painters platform. But how the hell did they put it through??

 

[brand]

The washer looks a bit small but I'd say that was a ship nail for a Henry VIII era warship. There was about two foot thickness of planking on a warship to protect against cannon fire. Then again I may be wrong.

Afraid not it was part of the above camel back. Only 100 years old!