robutacion
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Hi everyone,
Has mentioned on my thread, here, things at the local timber mill, are finally starting to produce results for me. This time was with a Australian Blackwood tree that the old fellow (Bill) cut from his mate's property, just across the road from the timber mill.
These are native trees, and not as common as the Black Wattle, of which I have plenty off. These trees have become rare, and I never manage to actually see one standing up in my search around town, even tough I'm certain there will be a few...!:wink:
I believe, was the fact that the tree has become very large and attacked by the gigantic wood warm, that can really eat a lot of wood in a short period of time, that scare the farm owner as, the warm damage is not visible from the outside, apart from the entry holes, and if severely chewed up inside, they can brake away and fall quite easily.
I have no doubt that, the fact that Bill has admitted that he has been on his mate's back for that tree for a long time so, Bill got his tree and George's manage to buy a portion of it off him. He left the main trunk which is huge for this type of tree, long and he will slab it soon to see if he can get any good/undamaged/uneaten slabs off it.
I got 3 out of the 4 largest pieces from the biggest logs left and some of the small limbs. This is a horrendously heavy wood to handle, as it is (green and wet), its is a heavy wood by nature no doubt but at the moment is like lifting cement pillars...!
Again, most of it was stored in the open storage paddock and some was brought home for processing, allowing the drying process to start faster...!
Australian Blackwood has always beautiful colours, this one is not only no exception, it has some of the nicest colours I've seem in this type wood...!:biggrin:
The small branches have lots of small/little knots that will make some interesting blanks but the bigger stuff (logs) have really deep colours and grain. I would expect that some of the colours "sharpness" is due to the fact that the wood is green and wet but, I have no doubt, most of it will still be there when it dries (I've got some on the microwave, right now...!):wink:
There are 3 main cuts that I'm processing out of it (St,Z,X), and will be stacked to dry (drying towers) in a day or two...!:biggrin:
For now, here are some pics of the wood, after I got it home, some more (big log) will be added as they become available...!:wink::biggrin:
Enjoy...!
Cheers
George
Has mentioned on my thread, here, things at the local timber mill, are finally starting to produce results for me. This time was with a Australian Blackwood tree that the old fellow (Bill) cut from his mate's property, just across the road from the timber mill.
These are native trees, and not as common as the Black Wattle, of which I have plenty off. These trees have become rare, and I never manage to actually see one standing up in my search around town, even tough I'm certain there will be a few...!:wink:
I believe, was the fact that the tree has become very large and attacked by the gigantic wood warm, that can really eat a lot of wood in a short period of time, that scare the farm owner as, the warm damage is not visible from the outside, apart from the entry holes, and if severely chewed up inside, they can brake away and fall quite easily.
I have no doubt that, the fact that Bill has admitted that he has been on his mate's back for that tree for a long time so, Bill got his tree and George's manage to buy a portion of it off him. He left the main trunk which is huge for this type of tree, long and he will slab it soon to see if he can get any good/undamaged/uneaten slabs off it.
I got 3 out of the 4 largest pieces from the biggest logs left and some of the small limbs. This is a horrendously heavy wood to handle, as it is (green and wet), its is a heavy wood by nature no doubt but at the moment is like lifting cement pillars...!
Again, most of it was stored in the open storage paddock and some was brought home for processing, allowing the drying process to start faster...!
Australian Blackwood has always beautiful colours, this one is not only no exception, it has some of the nicest colours I've seem in this type wood...!:biggrin:
The small branches have lots of small/little knots that will make some interesting blanks but the bigger stuff (logs) have really deep colours and grain. I would expect that some of the colours "sharpness" is due to the fact that the wood is green and wet but, I have no doubt, most of it will still be there when it dries (I've got some on the microwave, right now...!):wink:
There are 3 main cuts that I'm processing out of it (St,Z,X), and will be stacked to dry (drying towers) in a day or two...!:biggrin:
For now, here are some pics of the wood, after I got it home, some more (big log) will be added as they become available...!:wink::biggrin:
Enjoy...!
Cheers
George
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