Thread: Not sure what it is

Mulga??

maybe turpentine or cadaghi??

I'd have said spotty, but if it isn't, then possibly cadaghi. Nice timber, either way. Cadaghi is underrated in my view.

I'd say it's too big for Mulga. Possibly Cadagi. Have to agree with Exador = Cadagi is a highly underted timber.

yeah it was part of a pack that was to be burned I got all the rest is 6x1 spotty but that pice I ve been cleaning it all up with electric plane and sanders is looking nothing at all like the rest.My tree Id scores are pretty low. I ve taken the oil finish off now and will sand it with some danish oil after a few runs with fine paper

Yellow Stringybark

Originally Posted by Exador

I'd have said spotty, but if it isn't, then possibly cadaghi. Nice timber, either way. Cadaghi is underrated in my view.

I'd have said spotty or iron bark as well, not wanting to hijack the thread but Craig and Art, In what way do u think Cadagi is underated, looks, machinability, etc,?


Pete

Originally Posted by pjt

I'd have said spotty or iron bark as well, not wanting to hijack the thread but Craig and Art, In what way do u think Cadagi is underated, looks, machinability, etc,?


Pete

It's very stable, looks great and it comes in whacking great huge logs. The biggest problem it has is being a bit brittle and it can collapse a bit.

a cadaghi was the very first log I milled and I made a small table out of the first slab to come off, after only about a couple of weeks as a gift to the person who gave me the log. That table is still straight and hag only the tiniest of cracks down the centre of the slab after 7 years, which ain't bad. I still have a slab from that log that I'm keepng for something special.

Itsposs, the other possibility that comes to mind is carbeen, although I'm not sure if it grows up your way. Do you have a shot of some clean end-grain? Spotty is very distinctive and I'm still leaning that way for your slab.

Looks like this fiddleback Red Sirus

pjt: Cadagi is often referred to in derogatory terms because it is regadrded as a pest down south. This stems from the fact that it gets Sooty Mold and that it drips sap that is damaging to car paintwork.

As for the timber I have heard it referred to as plain or dull.

My little experience with it is that has a nice grain and works well ie. machines and sands well.

I'm changing my mind (something wrong with the old one )
I'll go with spotty.

Originally Posted by artme

pjt: Cadagi is often referred to in derogatory terms because it is regadrded as a pest down south. This stems from the fact that it gets Sooty Mold and that it drips sap that is damaging to car paintwork.

As for the timber I have heard it referred to as plain or dull.

My little experience with it is that has a nice grin and works well ie. machines and sands well.

It's a pest species mostly because it hybridises well with some local species and forms sterile offspring which often outgrow their competition of the pure species. It is also very fertile and easily escapes from cultivation. I believe it is the only "Eucalypt" (it's now a Corymbia) that grows in the NQ rainforest?

I ll go down after sunday luinch and plane the ends up and take photos with some of the spotty I have tried cleaning up

Originally Posted by Exador

It's a pest species mostly because it hybridises well with some local species and forms sterile offspring which often outgrow their competition of the pure species. It is also very fertile and easily escapes from cultivation. I believe it is the only "Eucalypt" (it's now a Corymbia) that grows in the NQ rainforest?

According to my bee book Cadaghi grows naturally in a small well defined area on the Atherton Tableland but is tolerant of growing in different climatic conditions and soil types and because of this it's been planted in parks gardens etc... must be some close to me cos my bees bring the seeds home, the bees prefer the resin from the gum nuts over other sources, I haven't observed the seeds become a huge problem other than the extra effort needed by the bee bringing the seed home that the bee doesn't want, they try and get them off at the hive entrance and the entrance can become clogged with sticky seeds, plus a few other problems, so most native bee keepers don't like Cadaghi.

I have milled a couple (bee keepers revenge hah) both had some black markings that I thought looked interesting within a tanish colour
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A while back Sigidi (Al) posted some pics of a log he milled, same black markings if I remember, looked quite nice.
Craig... when u say brittle and collapse I assume u mean drying defect when kiln dryed, not so much when air dryed, the stuff I have seems to be ok, I did machine a few pieces a while back just to see what it was like.


Pete