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Thanks guys.

This forum is a little "quick fire" for my crap typing skills, so I'm sorry if I miss any replies or questions.

This will get worse, next week, when I have to return to work.

Grump.

I haven't had a shrink back problem with the Berberis before, but this blank must be 6 years old now. I thought I had used it all, but found this while tidying up.

I did cock up some Laburnum, however, by trying to be clever. I did some blanks as a mixture of heart and sapwood, they were microwaved, then stabilised over 4 years. When turned, the sapwood still shrank back regardless. We live and learn!

I've posted this picture before, on another forum, but here are another couple out of Berberis for comparison.


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Regards,

Neil


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