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awemawson:
The bark and sap wood are quite oily. Gives a nice smell though :ddb:
I have a huge heap of Leylandii if you want some. Took 4 foot 6 inches off 367 metres of hedge over the last couple of week ends so that my tractor mounted hedge flail can properly reach it :lol:
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: Arbalist on October 23, 2014, 04:41:26 PM ---Eucalyptus wood apparently burns very hot. Some stove manufacturers don't recommend burning it in their products.
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I remember when those Australian wildfires were on the news they made a point about the trees tending to explode from the sap boiling, which sends burning embers pretty far into the wind and helps the fires spread dangerously fast.
greenie:
--- Quote from: S. Heslop on October 23, 2014, 06:18:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arbalist on October 23, 2014, 04:41:26 PM ---Eucalyptus wood apparently burns very hot. Some stove manufacturers don't recommend burning it in their products.
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I remember when those Australian wildfires were on the news they made a point about the trees tending to explode from the sap boiling, which sends burning embers pretty far into the wind and helps the fires spread dangerously fast.
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First point, --- "burns too hot" --- don't know what illegal substances you've been digesting/ingesting/injecting, but where's the problem with that ?
Second point, - it isn't the tree exploding that's the problem, it's the leaves full of volatile eucalyptus oil that explode into flames. The bushfires tends to run over the tops of the trees causing the leaves to explode into flame. These burning leaves are what gets spread about by the violent winds caused by the burning leaves. It's a self feeding phenomenon as it occurs. Basically, you don't EVER want to be anywhere near this, when it's happening. The burning tops can be up to half a mile ahead of the main blaze, which is into the standing timber, as the tops flash alight and start to burn, the embers are then dropped to the ground which then starts the main fire. Trees only explode when everything else has been burnt, so no problem at all when that happens.
chipenter:
Ramin mouldings are available in most DIY stores varius sactions including flat , a close grained hard yellow wood that splits easily if nailed without drilling first , no idea as to price I have not bought any for years .
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: chipenter on October 24, 2014, 03:46:31 AM ---Ramin mouldings are available in most DIY stores varius sactions including flat , a close grained hard yellow wood that splits easily if nailed without drilling first , no idea as to price I have not bought any for years .
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Thank's for the suggestion but i've done stuff like that in the past and found it a real hassle to get the edges clamped. I'm really keen to give this iron-on edgebanding stuff a go too.
I might try buying some black melamine edgebanding and see if I can pass it off as some sort of swish designer look.
Coloured me model in, and it looks fairly okay to me.
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