Railomatic
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Over the last few years I have been milling many of our native fruitwoods for use in my musical instrument making, species like Holly, Laburnham, Plumb, Pear, Apple, Cherry, Damson, Hawthorn, Hazel and many more, all of which are really excellent for making musical instruments, furniture and the like.
As an eclologically minded person, I belive that these sustainable species should be used more widely, instead of the ever decreasing exotic timbers like Rosewoods, Blackwood and Ebony.
What I'm getting at is, all the guys out there that mill any of these types of fruit wood, will if kept to one side have a real nest egg, because the exotics are fast running out, the price of fuel etc will ever rise and transporting the exotics that are left will soon become very expensive, if one diversifies now, and keeps all the fruit woods in a safe place, they will soon be worth thier weight in gold.
Apart from this slightly off topic subject, happy milling to all.
As an eclologically minded person, I belive that these sustainable species should be used more widely, instead of the ever decreasing exotic timbers like Rosewoods, Blackwood and Ebony.
What I'm getting at is, all the guys out there that mill any of these types of fruit wood, will if kept to one side have a real nest egg, because the exotics are fast running out, the price of fuel etc will ever rise and transporting the exotics that are left will soon become very expensive, if one diversifies now, and keeps all the fruit woods in a safe place, they will soon be worth thier weight in gold.
Apart from this slightly off topic subject, happy milling to all.
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