Thread: Some bloodwood

Not bad looking bloodwood bit of sap wood though.
What you cutting it into?

yes plenty of sapwood which is typical around here in high a rainfall area, cutting it into 20 x 20, 100 x 38, 100 x 50, 150 x 25, 150 x 50, 100 x 100.
regards inter

should cut pretty good with those sizes

not a bad sized log.

should cut up nice.

red or pink blood wood?

most blood wood has a big sapwood. even up here on the dry ridges it has a good 15-20mm, when the ironbarks would be lucky to have 4. cut an ironbark and a bloodwood for splits yesterday (amoung others) tehy were within 5m of one another the bloodwood had about 15mm pf sap and i was surprised i could not see any sapwood on the iron bark at all

much tension in them? the reds round here are bad but pinks are good.

red or pink only has to do with the maturity of the trees down here, same species though (red), the young are pink & mature are red. And untill they mature the timber is not durable in the ground which is the same for turpentine, that log had a normal amount of tension, about 20mm over 2.8m.
regards inter

Nice!!1 Haven't seen Bloodwood like that since I was a kid on the Nambucca. Always had a soft spot for it.Remember dad falling a couple of dead ones ( ring barked ) that we cut up for firewood!!!

The felling was done with and axe!! The logs were cut into firebox lengths and my older brother and I loaded the onto a tip truck by hand! Wish I was so fit and strong these days.!!

Inter, it looks a nice log mate, I wouldn't be sneezing at it, regardless of sapwood, be nice gettin ya 20x20 post out of her too chuck up a pic of ya post when you've done 'em hey

Reckon the dozer would look cool with a set of forks on it too

like the dozer what colour will you paint it ?? seriously good post cheers bob

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Inter, it looks a nice log mate, I wouldn't be sneezing at it, regardless of sapwood, be nice gettin ya 20x20 post out of her too chuck up a pic of ya post when you've done 'em hey

thats 20mm x 20mm beading not anything larger

Originally Posted by nifty

Reckon the dozer would look cool with a set of forks on it too

yes have a set I made also.

Originally Posted by bobsreturn2003

like the dozer what colour will you paint it ?? seriously good post cheers bob

its still red under 59 years of crud
regards inter

pretty sure you dont paint old dozers