thefixer
14th July 2008, 12:16 AM
G'day felllow turners
I'm hoping someone can help identify this tree for me. When it is freshly cut the timber is a very plain white color (image1) but after a day or two it turns orange as it dries. (image 2). It is almost like turning pine when it is green, lots of tearout and very stringy. I cut a few pen blanks from it and dried them in the microwave and it was quite nice to turn then, but it still did not hold that orange color. Maybe a natural drying process will help retain the color. Image 3 is of course the bark, sorry no foliage,just the logs.
Cheers
Shorty
I'm hoping someone can help identify this tree for me. When it is freshly cut the timber is a very plain white color (image1) but after a day or two it turns orange as it dries. (image 2). It is almost like turning pine when it is green, lots of tearout and very stringy. I cut a few pen blanks from it and dried them in the microwave and it was quite nice to turn then, but it still did not hold that orange color. Maybe a natural drying process will help retain the color. Image 3 is of course the bark, sorry no foliage,just the logs.
Cheers
Shorty