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5th July 2018, 08:11 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Blimmen Blackbutt
I make a few things (turnings) out of blackbutt and have developed a particular dislike of this wood.
I get supplied with some timber and a casual look over it seems to indicate sound wood. However once it has been planed and thicknessed the cracks and imperfections show them(horrible)selves.
I thought Blackbutt was more of a building type timber and not so much something used in finer joinery or turning.
I must be wrong as people order turnings made out of it to suit cabinetry.
Maybe another seller of quality wood is needed?, the stuff does not grow here in Tas.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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6th July 2018, 12:18 AM #2Taking a break
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We've churned through a few tonnes of the stuff over the last year at work and we all agree with your dislike for it; it's a killer on tools, very splintery and the cracks can be a nightmare, although it's really luck of the draw board by board.
Oh yeah, it's also made of gravity
It's quite popular at the moment for cabinetry and builders/designers are speccing it for interior wall cladding because it has a very high fire rating. There's a 5m dining table on order at the moment (well, we talked them down to 4.9m so we can get it through the sander without having to move a bandsaw), not looking forward to that job...
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6th July 2018, 03:06 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Makes good firewood.
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6th July 2018, 07:21 AM #4
Amazing how many people want stuff because nobody else has it. Often there is a very good reason why nobody else has it!
Bit like Cooktown Ironwood, I think its made of black holes. People want beefy dining tables etc from the stuff not realising that its going to weigh 400kg plus. Nasty stuff to get splinters from.Mobyturns
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6th July 2018, 05:08 PM #5Taking a break
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So I've just found out that we're about to clear out Victoria's Blackbutt stock for a big job coming up. Clearly someone likes the stuff
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6th July 2018, 08:56 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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Don`t know if the WA Blackbutt is similar to the eastern states one over here they seem to use it a lot for flooring, but a lot of the ones I`ve seen have root burls and they look pretty good when turned, these are two pepper grinders that Neil made up for me, the one on the left is the Blackbutt root burl with fiddleback the other Lace Sheoak. Jarrah and Blackbutt Pepper Grinders.jpg
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7th July 2018, 10:10 AM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Timbersearch in Woodend and Urban Salvage in Spotswood have Blackbutt - check their websites
Tom
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14th July 2018, 10:47 PM #10Taking a break
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Another complaint about Blackbutt... it's almost always undersize. We order 150x38mm DAR, but they've set their moulder to 148x37mm and you still might get huge rough sawn patches so in some places you're down to 140x35 semi-rough sawn before you even start.
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14th July 2018, 11:10 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Yeah, i have also found it super harsh on edge tools. Despite not being officially as hard as some other natives it just seems to be very abrasive and chews up pm-v11 like it was mild steel. My carbide thicknesser blades hold up ok, as does the carbide band-saw blade and the carbide table saw blade...wait...i hear it...carbide haha. Better get some carbide hand plane blades and chisels
As already mentioned the checking can be severe and varies board to board or even top/bottom of a board.
Cheers, Dom
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Kinda hard to capture the scale of it in photos. For a real world reference, it's as long as a VE Commodore x 1100 wide x 40 thick
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29th July 2018, 09:41 AM #14Taking a break
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The sad thing is you're actually not far off.
The bottom is recessed to fit a 3-piece steel frame with 30 or 35mm round legs, 3 at each end in a V arrangement, so you can sit, and 2 in the middle.
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