Berberis slimline.

[yorkshireman]

Bob, blackthorn turns very easy and makes a nice pen

keith

 

[Neil Lawton]

Great looking pens.

I got my hands on some laburnum (from Cragside,house) a while ago and clearly didn't store it properly as it somehow attracted woodworm and had to be burned

Bob

In my experience Laburnum is food of the gods, as far as woodworm are concerned.
Any die back, or damage to a living tree, is usually infested well before the tree is felled, so your timber probably already had it.
I tend to turn it green, for bowls, and anything smaller is Microwaved to kill the little blighters, before sealing.
Regards,
Neil

 

[Neil]

Never had the issue with laburnum that Neil L has experienced but have had bark borers similar to the little chaps (wood boring weevil I think) that infect ash. Woodworm is the name of the result of the boring action of the maggot of a beetle. The beetle lays their eggs in the wood, the resultant maggot burrows into the wood before emerging to move on and cause mayhem elsewhere. The buggers like some wood better than others and if you include a piece of sacrificial elm sapwood or better still a pierce of alder in your wood pile they will go for this first. You must of course remove this piece of timber in September time each year and burn it otherwise your efforts will be rather counterproductive and the results prolific! In Tudor times alder used to be stored amongst the roof timbers to resist the spread of the beetles, middle age beetle birth control.

 

[edlea]

Never had the issue with laburnum that Neil L has experienced but have had bark borers similar to the little chaps (wood boring weevil I think) that infect ash. Woodworm is the name of the result of the boring action of the maggot of a beetle. The beetle lays their eggs in the wood, the resultant maggot burrows into the wood before emerging to move on and cause mayhem elsewhere. The buggers like some wood better than others and if you include a piece of sacrificial elm sapwood or better still a pierce of alder in your wood pile they will go for this first. You must of course remove this piece of timber in September time each year and burn it otherwise your efforts will be rather counterproductive and the results prolific! In Tudor times alder used to be stored amongst the roof timbers to resist the spread of the beetles, middle age beetle birth control.

Tudor Period birth control Neil. The Middle Ages ( Medieval Age) ended at the start of the Tudor Period.

 

[Neil]

Tudor Period birth control Neil. The Middle Ages ( Medieval Age) ended at the start of the Tudor Period.

Wondered why I was in a bad mood, got my periods mixed up.

 

[bluntchisel]

Tudor Period birth control Neil. The Middle Ages ( Medieval Age) ended at the start of the Tudor Period.

Yeah, us metal detectorists know things like this! Right, Ed?

Bob.

 

[Grump]

Wondered why I was in a bad mood, got my periods mixed up.

Another one who has periods int?
My gums bleed every 28 days too, at least I am in good company init?

 

[edlea]

Wondered why I was in a bad mood, got my periods mixed up.

 

[edlea]

Yeah, us metal detectorists know things like this! Right, Ed?

Bob.

Too Right we do mate.