Blackwood bowls

[Lance Reid]

Hi all, my next little project was using some blackwood that I found in my forest.
Cut down and turned within a fortnight, got pretty wet when turning.
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[Christos]

It looks almost white and plain.

Will wait for this to dry and a finish to be applied.

[dai sensei]

Can you advise of actual botanical name, just it does not look like our Aussie Acacia Blackwoods we have, nor the African versions.

[Lance Reid]

Hi dai, there are some planted around here as Blackwoods, the ones I've found are wild ones, will try to get some pictures.
I've also planted some Melanoxins, which have a different bark to these ones.
The swarf smells like stink-bombs.

[P.W.H.]

Hi dai, there are some planted around here as Blackwoods, the ones I've found are wild ones, will try to get some pictures.
I've also planted some Melanoxins, which have a different bark to these ones.
The swarf smells like stink-bombs.

Dai:

To the best of my knowledge the trees that smell of rotten eggs are Black Wattle (acacia mearnsii) whereas Tasmanian Blackwood goes by (acacia melanoxylon).

In the bowls pictured - I'd expect melanoxylon to show a darker, richer brown for the heart ... but that may have lots of reasons for looking like it does; light, exposure, or even the
drying process. The stuff I've worked with was always bone dry.

[Lance Reid]

When first cut, the dark grain was really dark but lightened up as it dried.
Some snaps of the trees, dead leaves, bark and a living tree.
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[P.W.H.]

That looks completely like the Melanoxylon I had in my woodlot on the farm (no longer my farm .... )

[dai sensei]

When first cut, the dark grain was really dark but lightened up as it dried.
Some snaps of the trees, dead leaves, bark and a living tree.


Must be just the local conditions. Probably go darker with finish