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  1. 28th June 2015, 10:58 PM #1
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    Default What wood is this?

    I started cutting open a log that I bought as an oak today. Does not look like oak to me. Very nice looking wood but what is it? The first one is a Southern silky oak, but what is the other one?

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  3. 28th June 2015, 11:02 PM #2
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    looks like acacia melanoxylon to me.
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    Default The Wood.

    Hi Paige,
    Well the 1st. photo, I wood have said it looks like a Banksia.
    With the 2nd. & 4th. photos seems to say I'm wrong.
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  5. 29th June 2015, 06:25 AM #4
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    Hey Pagie, looks rather similar to E. Torreliana, or commonly know as Cadaghi. Is the bark in rough but uniform 'chunks', or is it smooth and green?
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    Sorry guys, there are two logs. The first I got off DJ and is I am told a Silky oak. It is the second log I am trying to identify. The bark is rough and chunkie.
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  7. 29th June 2015, 09:15 AM #6
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    No way it is Cadaghi as the bark is rough like this.

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    I would have said Blackbean from the timber, but the bark is wrong, so sorry no help
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    Default Anyone want some off cuts

    there are a lot of off cuts that would be fine for bowls or pens if anyone wants some give me a message.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pagie View Post
    No way it is Cadaghi as the bark is rough like this.

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    Pagie, the butt on Cadaghi is very rough, only the branches are smooth, but also from the picture, it doesn't have the Tessellations that cadaghi has, so yeah, I agree it ain't no Cadaghi
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    grevillia robusta (southern silky oak) for the first one and I don't have a clue on the other
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    https://youtu.be/kBX-Uv5OIOE

    This is a youtube vid about milling an oak. timber looks pretty much the same.
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