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  1. 30th April 2008, 01:05 PM #1
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    Smile Old Red gum fence posts

    G'day all, I had a ute full of old redgum fence posts given to me about a month ago , mainly firewood quality but found a few that are too good to burn.
    I decided this morning to cut one up and see how it looked.
    This is the post before cutting

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    After cutting off the bit that has been in the ground for maybe 20 years and the bit with the nails in it ,it was off to the jointer.

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    Then to the bandsaw and cut 20 mm slices , jointing the face after each cut.

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    After slicing and thicknessing I ended up with 3 boards 170 x 18 x 950 and one 170 x 30 x 950 all nice and straight.
    Ya gotta love recycling!

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    The plan is to make some sort of a jewelry box for my daughter , but have not got a plan yet.
    Just thought you may be interested, cheers Steven
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    Nice way to reuse those fence posts!!!!

    My guess is the jewelery box will look better than the fence ever did....
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    Very nice. Lucky bugger.
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    They are beautiful, and to think I have been burning all mine, but then again I don't have the equipment to recycle.
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    That is beautiful timber. Can't wait to see the jewelry box you make out of it.
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    Man, I've seriously got to do some work on tuning my band saw properly, because there is no way I can get it to cut like that - particularly 20 year old redgum.

    Congrats on the recycling project -I always find it very satisfying to knock something up out of materials which have been discarded or rejected. Looking forward to the box WIP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevenp View Post
    G'day all, I had a ute full of old redgum fence posts given to me about a month ago , mainly firewood quality but found a few that are too good to burn.
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    Just thought you may be interested, cheers Steven
    Top Job Steve
    what size blade and amount of teeth was it on your band saw please.
    I have the same ideas. One piece i dressed all round turned out to be birds eye grain. lucky find as they were painted. Who knows.
    I also have some Purple hearted cypress that is purple through but about in inch of white around the edges. I may mill these using the band saw as well. I also have some Norfolk Pine to do the same.
    I have been wondering how it would work with the band saw. I also have machines to straighten them etc.
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    I reckon it is rubbish wood
    but will help with the freight cost to my place to feed my bbq
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarrahrules View Post
    Top Job Steve
    what size blade and amount of teeth was it on your band saw please.
    I have the same ideas. One piece i dressed all round turned out to be birds eye grain. lucky find as they were painted. Who knows.
    I also have some Purple hearted cypress that is purple through but about in inch of white around the edges. I may mill these using the band saw as well. I also have some Norfolk Pine to do the same.
    I have been wondering how it would work with the band saw. I also have machines to straighten them etc.
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    G'day Jarrahrules The saw is a Jet 18" and the blade is 1" 1.3 tpi, very dentaly challenged. A very savage blade but ideal for this application.
    Check it out.

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    Now in WA there is a Timber I know as Marri but everyone over here calls it Red Gum for some reason. I that is something like what I know red gum is so why in WA do people know a pale wood with sap viens in as Red Gum.
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    Steven,

    The secret is out. I've been robbing my son's woodpile for about a year now. But there are some downsides to using the redgum:

    * its' as hard as b*&^%ery- your saw blades won't say thank you
    * SWMBO can always tell if you have been 'pottering'- there's red dust everywhere, and
    * if it's been a fence post there is a 3% chance that one of them is going to have a bullet in them from a gun totin' farmer's son. I found a 303 in one.

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    Red Gum!!! you lucky lucky son of a gun!!! My all time faviourite timber. *sigh*
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    Had a chat to a bloke last night who cuts firewood part time and said he will get as much redgum as I want. He has a property with plenty of dead trees so I think I had better get really friendly with him
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