Thread: Tree Identification Sought

is it growing wild or in gardens?

any free timber is good timber.

the cheklist i use to see if a peice is worth keeping is

size? (is it worth it)
sapwood? (how thick is the sap on it)
colour? (no point if its pale)
grain? (no point if its plane)
dencity? (is it soft like putty nothing is to hard)
spliting? (cut a short peice no more than 100mm long and see if it cracks)

Its a Melaleuca.

If the leaves are pointy and feel spiky to touch then is a Melaleuca Styphelioides. If they arent and are soft then its probably a Melaleuca Armillaris. Very common street trees.

Havent used the timber my self, but give it a go.

It's a mellaleuca and if it's like the stuff I have the timber will be very bland.

Try it anyway

I think its Melaleuca Armillaris, as the leaves are soft. The wood seems dense, and it is good practice timber. No mention of it as a turning timber online. It is however a source of bush tea and the flowers are like a sweet cordial if socked in water.

I'd say Melaleuca Armilarisalso.
timber is dense, can have a bit of figure, For pen blanks cut on the bias.
Turns well. Makes good handles for lathe tools.

I would agree as well. We planted a tray of 40 seedlings about 6 years ago and they are now about 6-7ft high, can't remember to what eight they are supposed to grow, but they are bushes rather than trees.

Silly question what is cut on the bias?

nothing's silly

instead of cutting with the grain or across the grain
cut on an angle to the grain (usually a 45 degree angle)

like this ...

Would cutting on the bias just create just allot of short end grain with no long grain and no strength?