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Thread: Timber ID please.
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1st August 2010, 06:58 PM #1
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Timber ID please.
OK, SWMBO and I had a small road trip today to take in the sights of Old Bar and its environs.
After lunch we just happened upon a shed full of sawn timber on a farming property on the Manning River. I had read via the Forum that dustydrifter had some tulip oak he was selling.
Well I didn't get any tulip oak but did pick up a little of this lovely timber in apprx 6" X 1".
None of us knew what it was, except for the guess that it might be NSW rosewood.
It doesn't quite look it to me as the grain is a little too pronounced.
If you have any idea, your feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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1st August 2010, 08:05 PM #2
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It doesn't look like rosewood. Soft or hard grain?
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1st August 2010, 08:28 PM #3
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It has the same consistency as rosewood and approx the same weight as far as we can tell - so probably a similar density.
Originally Posted by InterTD6
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1st August 2010, 08:30 PM #4
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Looks a lot like Tasmanian Myrtle!
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1st August 2010, 08:38 PM #5
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1st August 2010, 09:22 PM #6
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I'll go the other direction and go Queensland Maple
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1st August 2010, 10:00 PM #7
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it's got quilting just like maple, but the colour is like myrtle. The grain has me stumped though, myrtle and maple don't have such obvious grain lines as that, in my short experience of mayple and myrtle (and feel free to prove me wrong. If I had to, I'd go more to myrtle than maple....
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1st August 2010, 10:27 PM #8
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1st August 2010, 10:42 PM #9
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Could very well be Tassie Myrtle, I was just being difficult, I've been like it all day. Ok, I've always been like it
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2nd August 2010, 08:30 AM #10
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I'm prepared to stick may neck out and say "no" to Rosewood.
The maple/ myrtle conundrum is more difficult.
Could be a species that is no longer growing in that area, or is rare in that area. Just wouldn't know what.
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2nd August 2010, 08:42 AM #11
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Originally Posted by KevM
I agree with kev , it looks just like someboards in my shed its gaot wavy grain and a bugger to plane
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2nd August 2010, 07:26 PM #12
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Thanks everyone for the input.
The timber was stacked with some Tulip Oak, NSW Rosewood, Australian Red Cedar and some silky oak.
Three of these are local but the Tulip Oak is from the north of Qld I think.
No one present knew what my timber was as they were selling on behalf of a third party.
I am happy to go with Tas Myrtle, but there seems some doubt even about this because of the grain.
I don't know the timber myself and was hoping for a definitive answer. As with many timbers, variations can be vexing can't they?
Regards from Tele Point
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2nd August 2010, 09:59 PM #13
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SG take it out and show Mal he should have some of both at his place or can prob tell you straight up what it is.
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2nd August 2010, 10:06 PM #14
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If its NSW Rosewood its scent would be a dead give away.
I have some Curly Maple I got of Pat it looks similar
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5th August 2010, 11:13 PM #15
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That would be NFI from me then on what it is, its definately a minor species. Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum
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