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2nd July 2020, 02:58 PM #1Senior Member
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Timber Identification
Hi guys,
I found a few of these timber posts/pickets under my grandmothers house. She has no idea what they are and where they are from. I was just hand planing it the other day and was wondering what it could be. I have attached a few photos in this post.
For reference, my grandmothers house in in SE Melbourne. Dandenong. built in 1960s. I think it may have been left there when the house was originally built.
What timber is it? It is pretty light.
Thank you in advance
Bernard
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2nd July 2020, 03:41 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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What did they make surveyors pegs and builders set out pegs of in those days? Could be Red Gum.
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2nd July 2020, 04:31 PM #3Senior Member
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The timbers are heaps lighter than spotty and ironbark I have at my place. So it may not be redgum
hmmm I'll find out what they used for surveyors pegs back then
thanks!!!!
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2nd July 2020, 06:12 PM #4Taking a break
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It sure looks like redgum with those gum veins
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2nd July 2020, 11:40 PM #5
It sure does look like River Red Gum but if you reckon it's lighter than Ironbark or spotted gum then...I'd be thinking a more northern coast timber but I've no idea what that might be...
Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.
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3rd July 2020, 12:11 AM #6
I’m thinking it might be Karri, do a splinter burn test on it.
I’ve copied and pasted this following paragraph from this thread
Burning Splinter Test – A test performed on matchstick-sized splinters to distinguish between anatomically similar timbers such as brush box and turpentine or jarrah and karri.
A match size splinter [of Jarrah] burns to charcoal without ash, while a Karri splinter burns to a white ash.Cheers
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3rd July 2020, 01:21 AM #7Senior Member
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Crazy, Thanks for digging that up.
Will try that test out ASAP.
Appreciate it!!
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3rd July 2020, 02:27 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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It does look like a eucalypt to me and being so dark Jarrah is the most obvious to me.
Many eucalypt woods are hard to tell apart except by colour and density. If you did a density test (gram / cc) use kitchen scale on a block and measure dimensions l x b x h in cm to nearest mm. That would narrow down the possibility of eucalpyts with dark red woods.
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3rd July 2020, 06:41 PM #9Senior Member
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I think we got it. Thank you all for comments and replies and thank you Acco for the burn hacks.
Attached is photo. Think it is Karri.
And Euge, I will do a volume v weight comparison.
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Thank you all!!!
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