Thread: hairy oak

For a bit more info try www.mockmickey.com . There are a number of specialty suppliers out there who stock it.

Hi Jonathon,
hairy oak is a she-oak (Allocasuarina inophloia) from Qld dry areas. There should be some specialty timber suppliers in Brisbane who will have some. I get it from my mother in laws property north of Dalby (but it's mine all mine, you hear!?) Oops sorry got carried away, it does that to me.
Phil

Hairy oak also goes by the name of Flame Sheoak. I got some from Mullumbimby at the Canberra WWWS a couple of years ago. It made a nice jewellery box for my mum's Christmas - many brownie points! I found it quite easy to work with, maybe a bit crumbly towards the lighter outside, but maybe normal people don't try to squeeze EVERY last bit of useable wood out of a plank...

John

Many Thanks
Jonathan Wells

Originally Posted by jshaw

Hairy oak also goes by the name of Flame Sheoak. I got some from Mullumbimby at the Canberra WWWS a couple of years ago. It made a nice jewellery box for my mum's Christmas - many brownie points! I found it quite easy to work with, maybe a bit crumbly towards the lighter outside, but maybe normal people don't try to squeeze EVERY last bit of useable wood out of a plank...

John

i think flame sheoak is a different tree,could be wrong but hairy oak is brown in colour and flame sheoak is reddish and doesn,t have black in it..bob will post some pics

i stand coerrected ,just done a google and found its the same,would love to know what i got as flame sheoak???...bob

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both are listed as hairy oak---flame sheoak ????i dont understand how, they are totally different.bob

Hmm, reading old threads again Bob

Originally Posted by robyn2839

i stand coerrected ,just done a google and found its the same,would love to know what i got as flame sheoak???...bob

Rose Sheoak is a red one, to start with anyway. There is also another species in WA that is red, I just can't remember the name.

Originally Posted by Gingermick

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Hi Mick
I would love to see a natural edge bowl made of this. the white edge would look sweeeet!

Regards
JAMC

Gingermick, Have you peeled the bark off that piece?

Robyn,

Mum's jewellery box looked like the top one of your pics, but then having never tried to turn it I've no idea about the other one...

John

Originally Posted by graham355

Gingermick, Have you peeled the bark off that piece?

No it just fell off or had fallen off before I inherited it and a few of it's mates. You can still see a little bark and the hairs on the right.
I dont have any natural edge bowls but I have a little ring holder I made a few years back but it's split. Must have gone too close to the pith trying to squeeze every last bit of timber into something

Robyn2839, your box definitely looks like flame she oak/hairy oak, the turning looks more like WA she oak or possible rose she oak.

Cheers
Barry