Not to bad for a Noob

[PEDDERA]

Had a bit of a play while I was on R&R cutting Jarrah.

Tried to put into practice a few tips from this site.

And couple of stuff ups as you can see by the uneven top slab.

395 went really well though the homemade mill needs re doing.

Thanks for all the tips made life a lot easier

 

[Old Blue]

Looking pretty good to me. The top slab's just a warm up anyway!

Old Blue
From the land of punishing taxation with no representation, where else but.....................
Kali-bone-ya

 

[beachcomber]

Beautiful looking wood, what species is it?

 

[PEDDERA]

Jarrah

 

[Yellowbeard]

Just get that top slab through a planer and no one will ever know the difference. Looks better than my first time. Hell, it's probably better than some of my more recent times (but that's probably not saying much).

 

[BobL]

Nice work Peddera.

Jarrah comes in a wide range of colours for salmon pink to deep chocolate.
Here's a few to wet your appetite

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Doesn't matter how long you have been milling we can all make stuff ups find someone with a wood wizz near you, will make short work of it.
Bob, don't make me dig up a piece of birds eye jarrah out of my stacks though dark chocolate flame jarrah from around manjimup area is still probably nicer to look at.
For those interested you tend to get superior quality jarrah inland (as opposed to coastal) due to crown not getting twisted by high winds. (Straighter grain etc)

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Not Birdseye but top slab off a semi curly jarrah I started on this week.
Still strapped to back of the ute (pickup).

 

[MountainHigh]

very nice! Tables made out of that must sell for a premium.

 

[Iron.and.bark]

It is premium timber to those of us who mill it for a hobby

Comercially timber with this character is left behind because of the twisted grain. Comercially straight grain is required as jarrah is used as a structural timber.

I don't know what Bob does with his, but mine is probably going into a local brewery as part of a bar. After some kiln time though.

There is quite a lot of "hobbyist" tables made out of timber like these, with very varying quality on the market.

Mostly this kind of "reject" ie craft wood ends up in peoples fire places

 

[Pud]

Somebody say jarrah slabs ?

 

[Sparkysparks9]

That is some beatifully colored wood. Wish we had some of that in the US!!