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  1. 22nd March 2009, 04:56 PM #1
    Ralph at Corio
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    Hi,
    Woodworking has been a long time hobby of mine and it is great to stumble upon a forum like this. I hope to make good use of it - both ways.
    I stumbled upon it while I was trying to find the scientific name for Brown Mallee. Is Brown Mallee the same as Brown Mallet?
    I am in the middle of replenishing my supply of wooden pens, which I use for gifts and the occasional sale. Whenever I come across a new timber I keep the first pen in a collection, which now numbers in excess of 50. I like to catalogue each pen by both common and scientific name.
    Brown mallee doesn't appear in the csiro common names list, but brown mallet does.
    Can anyone help
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    Ralph
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  3. 22nd March 2009, 06:02 PM #2
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    G'Day Ralph and welcome aboard. This site may help http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mallee.htm while brown mallet is Eucalyptus astringens.
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  4. 22nd March 2009, 06:44 PM #3
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    G'day Ralph and welcome to the true fountain of knowledge and wisdom.

    Mallee and Mallet are two differen t species of Eucalypt. Right now their scientific names escape me.
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    Hi Ralph and welcome. No better place to be than here.
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    Cheers John
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    Welcome to the club Ralph
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  7. 26th March 2009, 02:15 PM #6
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    HI Ralph,
    ever tried Mackay Cedar? The local wood turner's club turned a 10 - 12 foot pen here out of Mac cedar.. I think it is in the local Museum in Proserpine.. you can actually write with it....!!! Another unusual timber I am trying is Emu Apple - not a clue on the scientific name, but it is chocolate and cream in colour with distinctive grain.

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