Thread: The devils timber, Wandoo

Some one buy my Ute so I can get Exodor's Truck an drive it to Nifty"s 6 ton brought back of that would be pretty good

Looks awesome

Some information on Wandoo:

GD 1280kg/m3
ADD 1100kg/m3
Most durable eucalypt of western australia
Wood contains 10% tanin, bark contains 20% tanin (useful in leather industry)
Minimal corrosion when in contact with steel fixings.
S2, SD2 (Pretty strong in other words)

I'd like to tell you that I ssprouted all this of the top of my head, but I can't and I didn't.

I looked it up because I knew nothing about it.

Regards
Paul

Looks fantastic nifty

I used second hand wandoo floor boards on the floor of our attic. It only cost me $200 for a pack to cover the 5.4 x 4.2 area and I still have about 1/4 of the pack left to play with. I took me about a day to denail it and every nail hole had to be drilled but it was worth it.
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I never heard of it while I lived in wa only the karri the tuarts an jarrah but that grain is sensational

Wandoo is an awesome timber I love it, just dont like working with it

Looks great there Nifty

Originally Posted by itsposs

.....6 ton brought back of that would be pretty good

What, all that way for a couple of little sticks

Fence posts be buggered!!!

Look t all those turning blanks!!!

Fantastic looking timber, I agree with the others it is a great timber and very hard. I have some burl that I make pens from it is murder on the gear. but looks fantastic.
Cheers Gerry

6 ton better then none some one might want to buy some and I d get a new bench top in the shed and kitchen table in fact I d give to exador to do the joinery in my house

Its great lookin stuff but rock hard and tough on blades. I use a 4 degree blade with deepened gullets and take it nice and slow. Wandoo basically grows from the back hills behind Collie and out through the weatbelt and inland areas. Dont think Ive ever seen a shearing shed floor that wasnt wandoo because of its durability.

Green Wandoo cuts easily on the lucas and also splits well for firewood, but harder tho when it dries off a bit. Good looking timber tho I agree. I have a couple of decent logs to do in near future, will try to take a few pics.

Nifty I'm guessing that log was dry?

You can get lucky with wandoo. I had a job once to cut 10 wandoo logs, 6 cut up like jarrah but the other 4 were like molten rock. Look out for the real brown ones with very tight growth rings.

Nice timber. It'll look great in place.