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  1. 29th November 2013, 10:01 PM #1
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    Default Curly Spotted Gum

    Salvaged some Spotted Gum heads today,the butts were around 1000mm D.B.H (pics to follow),they are so curly it beggars belief ...is this something that is common in Spotty? There are a few monsters on this property,and similarly,they are covered throughout in curl...never milled this stuff by memory,so looking forward to milling some ...love to hear from those who have milled it,and some pics of any 'curly' stuff ...MM
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    Few pics before the camera died ..MM
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    Things for Chris to remember . . . Recharge the batteries or place new ones in the camera. Also carry a spare set!

    Looks like Tiger Stripe on the outside.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post

    Looks like Tiger Stripe on the outside.
    Think you are right Pat ,the figure hopefully will go deep into the log,which i think it will..will post more pics tomorrow,now that i have some 'fresh' batteries for the camera..MM
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    Looks like the belly of a big tiger shark . Hopefully the inside will reflect the outside anticipations
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    [QUOTE=dai sensei;1722569]Looks like the belly of a big tiger shark ..or maybe a Spanish Mackerel ..MM
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    ...that hunka timber looks very very hard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wolften View Post
    ...that hunka timber looks very very hard.
    Soooo true ,blade will be sharp for this lot..the colour of heartwood is caramel/blonde..with the fiddly should be quite pretty,i'm hoping ..will quarter-saw everything in order to avoid checking,as Spotty apparently will move on the back-sawn grain..may mill some up tomorrow, if time permits..MM
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    Veeery interesting looking!

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    Let's hope that judging this book by its cover proves to be spot(ty) on!!
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    The last log of the day ...glad i changed over to the blade ...quarter-sawn 3x1's,and was not as hard milling as i thought it would be ..MM
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    nice figgure in that spotty. would probably look good with a epoxy or feastwatson glass finnish. note i have not used these 2 products before so i do not know if it will look good on spotty but on some other timbers at the WWWS at sydney it looked good on the display timbers.
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    Here's a couple of butterfly matching boards,and slabs,fresh off the saw today...will mill some curlier stuff tomorrow..MM
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