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Lance Reid
29th March 2017, 03:59 PM
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
29th March 2017, 09:40 PM
It looks almost white and plain.
Will wait for this to dry and a finish to be applied.
dai sensei
29th March 2017, 10:41 PM
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
30th March 2017, 07:47 AM
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.
30th March 2017, 08:17 AM
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
30th March 2017, 02:57 PM
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.
30th March 2017, 07:10 PM
That looks completely like the Melanoxylon I had in my woodlot on the farm (no longer my farm .... )
dai sensei
31st March 2017, 03:39 AM
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