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Steve Firth wrote:

Yew is a conifer.
And burns like asbestos...

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Rusty
I have a 10ft long 15 to 20 inch diameter yew trunk I
scavenged from the woods next door when they were cleared last
year.
Still debating whether to cut it up for logs or offer it to a
wood turner. Yew does make for a very good fire.

Mike

Yew is so slow growing it's worth quite a lot. In your
position I would sell it. You can use the money to buy far
more wood for burning than you would get from the yew.


Anyone want to buy a yew trunk ?

I looked on Ebay and woodturning blanks just 2 inched thick of
the diameter I have are selling for several pounds!!! But what
makes for a "woodturning blank" ?

For several of ponds, not a very big bit. Enough to make a small bowl or
big cup, perhaps.

Nah, you know you want me to have it for making a gunstock, and
turning/carving the rest, don't you?

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Rusty