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dai sensei
20th September 2006, 09:23 PM
Made this bowl ~250mm dia from a blank I got from a WWW show a few years back. It was marked White Top but I had never heard of it. Nice wood, bitch if you don't cut finely. Like a burl, dig to deep and the chisel catches on the holes. Finished with 2 coats of Danish Oil then Glow a couple of weeks later.

Is the name correct? Local or imported timber?

Cheers

chrisb691
20th September 2006, 09:29 PM
Can you make the picture a bit bigger, I having trouble seeing it. ;)

ss_11000
20th September 2006, 09:33 PM
looks good mate

Cliff Rogers
20th September 2006, 09:48 PM
Whitetop Stringybark Eucalyptus delegatensis

cedar n silky
20th September 2006, 10:11 PM
Whitetop Stringybark Eucalyptus delegatensis
Good on you Cliff- I was about to ask "what the heck is white top!!"
Your obviously right into your tree species ID. I have a freind like that. I'm extremely envious of people that can remember all those latin names!!:mad:
I'm lucky to remember the comon names, and I'm even more envious of people who can any tree from just looking at the bark,leaves or seeds.
Good one:)

Cliff Rogers
20th September 2006, 10:30 PM
Nah, I cheat, been in computers for 27 years & they are just starting to come good for something. :rolleyes:

I'll let you into my little secret. :D

This site is just wonderful for looking up Oz tree names.
It doesn't have all the info about them but it is a marvelous resource to get started with.... it is one of my favourite party tricks. ;) :D

http://www.vwa.org.au/list_ta_abc.htm

Tornatus
20th September 2006, 11:25 PM
Bugger it, Cliff - you've gone and let the cat out of the bag!

Since you've owned up, I guess I should add my wood sources too:

http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/

http://www.aussiewoods.com

The former is a page on the website of the Australian National Botanic Gardens here in Canberra.

The latter is the excellent website of the Australian Woodworkers' Database, which has the particular advantage of offering photos of the better-known timbers, and also giving contributors the opportunity of adding more, both of timber samples and examples of finished work in the particular wood.

Tornatus
20th September 2006, 11:28 PM
BTW - meant to say "Ripper bowl, Neil!"

Cliff Rogers
20th September 2006, 11:45 PM
BTW - meant to say "Ripper bowl, Neil!"
Yeah sorry Neil, nice piece but.... I fancy a smaller foot than that on a piece like that.

Caveman
21st September 2006, 12:53 AM
Hey Niel - nice work. A real lovely piece of wood.

Gil Jones
21st September 2006, 01:36 AM
I do not know the species, but you sure did a fine job turning and finishing it. Well done!!

Skew ChiDAMN!!
21st September 2006, 01:56 AM
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif Niiiice.

I'll have to keep an eye out for White Top.

rsser
21st September 2006, 07:13 AM
Amazing concentration of saplines.

So Euc delegatensis is Alpine Ash yeah? One of the 'Tassie Oak' species. Down here it grows in altitudes above the Euc Regnans and in the big fires suffered less since its bark provided a bit more insulation.

cedar n silky
21st September 2006, 08:52 AM
I almost forgot!!:o Very nice bowl you turned there Neil:o :o .Thanks Cliff and Tornatus, for those links (and giving away your secrets- I thought you were just "really smart"!!(Now I can be too!!;) );) , they are now in my "favorites"!:D

TTIT
21st September 2006, 09:37 AM
Bugger it, Cliff - you've gone and let the cat out of the bag!

Since you've owned up, I guess I should add my wood sources too:

http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/

http://www.aussiewoods.com

The former is a page on the website of the Australian National Botanic Gardens here in Canberra.

The latter is the excellent website of the Australian Woodworkers' Database, which has the particular advantage of offering photos of the better-known timbers, and also giving contributors the opportunity of adding more, both of timber samples and examples of finished work in the particular wood.
I've been contributing pics of trees etc to aussiewoods.com for a while now. Great site - getting better all the time. The more we ALL contribute (HINT!) the better off we'll be in the long run. ;):D The sites webmaster is on this forum too! (DarrylF).

And nice bowl too dai sensei!:) I've got a Ghost gum burl with similar veins - reminds me I must get to it before the white-ants do!;):D

hughie
21st September 2006, 10:47 AM
Looks like a some stuff I picked up from Tassy. They called it resinous eucalyptus burl, mine was darker and more veins to it.

Putting all that a side, nice looking bowl, thumbs up from me

dai sensei
21st September 2006, 09:37 PM
Thanks Cliff for the name and links - a few more for the collections. I was going to cut the base smaller, but got sick of the chisel catching. Being impatient, I kept taking too large a cut:o

Thanks to everyone else to.

BernieP
21st September 2006, 11:59 PM
Great bowl neil, another link http://www.naturallyaust.com.au/11931.html
Bernie

rsser
22nd September 2006, 02:45 PM
It'd be useful if someone with a bit of time could assemble all these wood id links and post them on the Timber forum with a request to make it a sticky

Tornatus
22nd September 2006, 10:38 PM
It'd be useful if someone with a bit of time could assemble all these wood id links and post them on the Timber forum with a request to make it a sticky

I agree, Ern - wish I could afford that time! Will file it in the Maybe tray ...

BTW - Bernie, thanks for your link. Good photos and wood info!