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Nice find. Just out of curiosity, why were they condemned? Not enough plastic? Not pink enough? Too many hard corners... not enough padding, most likely! Can't have the little mites going home with a bruise because they walked into a bench because they were texting on their smartphones! :sneaky:

My first reaction to the surface was that it might be oak (plane sawn from near the outside of the tree, as already suggested) but the "keyhole" cut close up shows annular rings which look way to wide for oak (again as already mentioned). I might agree with ash except for the colour. It doesn't...

I did wonder about Keruing. I made a Moxon vice from some Keruing and Tulip wood a while back. Not my favourite timber as it leaks resin. The unknown timber in question has not shown signs of leaking resin, though that might be due to it's years exposed to the weather... or my lack of patience...

Hi Alex, thanks for your reply. I have cut quite a bit of eucalyptus and never seen any this red. In my experience eucalyptus is much paler. However, having said that I do recall reading about Red River Gum timber which is a very red eucalypt species, so maybe you are right.

I picked up some sticks of reclaimed timber which had obviously been used for an external structure, perhaps a gazebo. The timber has obviously seen many years of service outside but has not rotted. I planed it up a bit and it looks like it might be rather nice. It is reddish with pale sapwood...

A very nice piece! (y)

Hmmm... I'm a bit surprised by that. I can see that polyethylene glycol would replace water in the wood, but I wasn't aware that it would offer any structural benefit. Do you know if it chemically bind to the cellulose in the wood fibers? (I used to work with PEG in plant tissue culture.)

Impressive! That's a major archaeological excavation. Note that once he has the roots clear he uses a reciprocating saw to cut through them, not a chainsaw. I would agree with the suggestion that the OP use a mattock. Removal of a fence panel or two is a small price to pay for keeping all your...

A number of people have suggested using a chainsaw to cut through roots (half?) buried in the ground. Please don't do that! It might work, but it might also throw stones from the soil at you at high velocity. Kick back is a real risk. Worse, the chain may snap and slice through a useful part of...

Amazing! Beautiful work!

My views on driving may be a bit extreme but in my experience, more than half of drivers currently on the road should not be. Sure, they can start the car and make it go forward and even turn corners but I feel that is not a sufficient standard of driving skill to be allowed unsupervised on the...

My first guess from the end cut was either Sapele or Iroko. Having now seen the planed surface, I'd guess iroko.

A couple of things I finished recently. A table for my mother, to put her cup of coffee on next to her chair when she is watching.... dare I even say it... Emmerdale (oh the horror...😱). The wood is Pau Rosa. This is probably the most beautiful timber I have ever worked with but, man oh man, it...

I use this product: https://www.axminstertools.com/camellia-oil-pump-spray-bottle-510018?queryID=160ae1ebf0f7721c71274d27c0ea01c2 Which works out about twice as expensive. That's not beyond the bounds of possibility given that buying larger quantities often gives a discount. However, I have no...

I use Camellia oil, its definitely thinner than, say, warm olive oil (not that I'm particularly familiar with the properties of warm olive oil, but a friend told me!). I wipe it on and then off and then in the autumn/winter/spring follow with a coat of liquid wax (also wiped off). I have never...

Spectacular! Amazing craftmanship. Truly beautiful. (Colour me impressed!)

ha ha, me too, but mineral oil is easier on the lungs and other internals.

I make a bees wax paste from 50% mineral oil (the stuff they use in baby oil) and 50% wax. The exact proportion affects how hard the paste is. For the wax, I use a 3:1 ratio of bees wax and carnauba wax. The carnauba wax definitely makes the finish more durable and not so sticky for dust/dirt...

+1 for "err on the side of caution". 1) I buy good quality batteries not cheap stuff from China or India where safety standards are ... er let's be polite.... crap. (over the last year or two, I've moved to DeWalt for my cordless tools not least because the batteries should be more reliable) 2)...

You definitely need to separate the wooden shed from the concrete. @artie makes a good point that membrane could trap water against the runners of your shed. The way I did this was to lay rows of bricks on the concrete base so that the runners of the shed base can sit on them. I used about 70...