Thread: Red Mahogany

(Australian) Red Mahogany, heavy, hard, works well but can be a bit cranky. Its roughly the colour of Red Gum or Jarrah and looks fantastic. If you go to my last thread here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/l...ssions-142639/ and scroll down the first page you will find a Red Hog table I just finished.

From this neck of the woods Red Mahogany or Red Stringy beautiful deep red brown and can have good figure. Has a tendency to crack whilst drying, so cut it as small as practical, seal ends and dry slowly etc.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

(Australian) Red Mahogany, heavy, hard, works well but can be a bit cranky. Its roughly the colour of Red Gum or Jarrah and looks fantastic. If you go to my last thread here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/l...ssions-142639/ and scroll down the first page you will find a Red Hog table I just finished.

Very nice Claw. A friend has some to give me. Her says it was siding on old house he demolished. All a bit over 25mm thick and 2.4mm so should be able to make use of it possibly some bedside cabinets. Offcuts for boxes. When you say cranky, do you mean the grain or movement?
Cheers
Sheddie in the shed.

Just the grain, depends on the tree, the cut etc. It should clean up fine and make some nice pieces
Hi Neil, our Red Stringy here only has a pink tinge to it and generaly not what you would call red.

Is that the same as swamp Mahogany or rough barked apple? Damien.

Red mahogany machines well. Very heavy, so requires consideration of weight in design. Quite stable for a eucalypt. I have made dining suits with sabre legged, ladder backed, drop-in upholstered cushion
chairs. Also did an open book case for a client. I've been able to monitor the bookcase over the years to see how stable the timber has remained. There has been no noticable movement. As with most eucalyps, drying is very impotant. I like to air dry for 6months then kiln dry followed by another airing before use.

Originally Posted by goodwoody

Is that the same as swamp Mahogany or rough barked apple? Damien.

Depends where you live, Damien. 'Swamp Mahogany' or 'Swamp apple' were local names for Angophora floribunda where I grew up, but Swamp mahogany is widely used for E. robusta elsewhere.....

Red mahogany or Red Stringy were the local names for E. resinifera, but Red Stringy is used for E. macrorhyncha in the south.

Common names!

Cheers,

Based on the local names I use:

'Swamp Mahogany' is E. robusta and relatively speaking for a euc can be soft and easy to work. Colour varies from pink in the younger trees to a deep maroon-brown for old growth which is what I have.

"Red Mahogany" or "Red Stringy" is E. resinifera and does vary from pink to red-brown, but dense and hard, the stuff I have is the red-brown stuff.

We do a lot of red Magogany into T&G flooring.
Very dark red. great timber.

If you are building a deck and have concrete around it or under it, try to get Red mahogany decking as it doesn't stain concrete or water. That is why it was used to line wells back in the old days.