Thread: Has anyone milled Acacia?

I've milled a few small Acacia Accuminata (Raspberry Jam).

It was dry, so extra hard, but because they were small (150mm diam about 1m long) so the chainsaw fair ripped though it.
No Photos of the cut timber, sorry.

I do have some photos of a Gripper I made with the wood.
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Acacia Melanoxylon is Blackwood A 'softer' fine grained hardwood very very nice. My favorite.
Acacia Cambagei is Gidgee Quite hard very nice grain

If either of these plus Bob's example are anything to go by i'd be milling it up all you can!

Black Wattle, Brigalow, Black Lancewood, Narrow Leaf Wattle, Mulga are a few other acacias too.

I do Acacia Baileyana, because I have some, and it really is nice for cutting boards and utensils.

Sometimes the end grain is quite spectacular when book matched.

All in all, I wouldn't pass it up.

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Edit. Still working on these for place mats.

Haven't seen an acacia I did not like!!
Beware the harder ones are murder on tools, even Blackwood is tough on tools. This is due to
the silica content of the timber.

It seems to be very nice timber. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for some. Thanks everyone.

Most Acacias have beautiful wood, but some are prone to decay and insect attack while still growing. Logs on the ground often break down quickly so store them on chocks or in a dry shed. There are over 1200 species of Australian Acacias to work your way through. The arid Acacias are among the best if you can find them. Weeping Myall, Brigalow and Gidgee are my favourites.