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tdi-rick
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C'mon Bob, put us out of our collective misery.
This is cruelty on a massive scale
At least a few more hints.
This is cruelty on a massive scale
At least a few more hints.
Timberframed
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MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Yeah good point Serg and thanks for the correction
I just looked it up as I didn't think we had any Oak species native to Australia and we don't. Apparently 30 native tree species are commonly called Silky Oak. I really need to do more tree homework
tdi-rick
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Yeah good point Serg and thanks for the correction
Around here Grevillea Robusta is commonly called 'Silky Oak'.
I have one growing outside the office, they do well here.
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
They do OK here too until they reach about 50-60 foot then they seem to die. I've dropped dozens and dozens of them for people. Always pretty soft wood too and I've never found that it's good for much.
Is Allocasuarina Fraseriana (Western Australian Sheoak).
#23 and 29 are also the same (different logs. It just looks quite different when sawn rift versus quarter.
This is a fantastic looking timber and one of the first decent sized log I milled back in 2007.
#11 is teh same as 14,15,16 and 18 and 19.
These are all taken from different Lemon Scented Gum logs. It just shows the variety even in the same species.
#17 is swamp oak. Its a type of Sheoak that only grows in Swamps in Western Australia. Moderately soft but the stuff that has been growing in a lot of water tends to twist up like pretzels when milled.
5,6, 8 24 and 25 are all the same species of tree - well know western Australian - the Aussie posters should be able to work that one out.
tdi-rick
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Where we used to live, 200 miles further south, they seemed to struggle for the most part, (alluvial soil on river flats, iron stone and crappy clay soil on the hills) but around here they flourish, there's some beautiful, huge examples. (pretty much black soil, chocolate basalt)
Cabinet makers love the timber, as do wood turners.
tdi-rick
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Jarrah ?
Correct.
tdi-rick
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Well, we're narrowing it down.
husq2100
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correct, Grevillea Robusta is the tree known as silky oak...it was commanly used in window and door maunfatcure for the old Queenslanders...it is a stable timber that works well.....alot of funiture was made from it as well...it has beautiful grain and luster and its funny to see all doors and windows painted .....
husq2100
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Yeah good point Serg and thanks for the correction
thats why my mate has a big problem with common names...your can be talking about completely different species.....lucky for him he knows most of the latin names and can id them in the bush quite easily
tdi-rick
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yep, happens all the time.
A while back Al and I were discussing fencing timbers as I'd mentioned Stringy Bark is commonly used here alongside Iron Bark, and where Al is he said they'd never use Stringy in a million years as it's crap, too soft and termites love it so it has to be a different species.
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
I'll send you a copy of EUCLID mate. If you can get the copy working then be my guest but it is an absolute minefield and when you look up common names there are a few there with half a dozen species under the same common name. Excellent program and shows how there can be so much confusion - even the experts have varying opinions
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