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27th October 2021, 12:29 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Yellowood timber - small quantity
I'm searching for a small amount of yellowwood - Flindersia xanthoxyla Thats not Deep Yellowwood, its a species that grows naturally from the Richmond River in NSW to Gympie in Queensland but I've never seen for sale.
I'm helping the Royal Historical Society of Queensland to do some work on their museum collection, which includes some yellowwood furniture from the 1870s. There are some breaks and some missing pieces. Only a small amount is needed - a single board would suffice, though I would buy more if necessary. Like most of the forums members I'm a bit of a hoarder!
Hopefully, someone here has a stash and can help.
I won't be doing the work, a professional restorer will be employed by the society.
David
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27th October 2021, 01:46 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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First person i thought of was Euge on the forum
If anyone has an obscure species in their shed it would likely be him
Good luck David
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27th October 2021, 02:03 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Log Dog,
I'll PM him in case he hasn't noticed the post.
David
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27th October 2021, 04:08 PM #4
20 plus years ago a mate and myself scored a few lots when the NSW forestry auctioned off their wood collection and samples so the guvernmunt could cash in the land at Putney.
I have a few odd boards of stuff I’m not sure of what it is in my rack.
There certainly was rainforest species like Ivorywood.
If you can post some photos of what it looks like I’ll have a dig.
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27th October 2021, 04:37 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks clear out,
Unfortunately, I do not have any of the timber to photograph. I only need a piece or two about the size of the timber samples that NSW Forestry used to sell with labels on them, though slightly larger would be better as it has to be used to carve the missing sections of the back mid rail of a couple of chairs and they are up to 25 mm thick. it must look pretty similar as timber to Crows Ash as it is a related Flindersia species.
Queensland maple slab 2 copy.jpg The Forums are not letting me upload new photos, unfortunately. must be some tech glitch. This photo is Queensland Maple, which is much darker than yellowwood, which would look like the top left hand edge of this slab.
David
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27th October 2021, 05:04 PM #6
I purchased a small quantity from a forum member back in 2013 but from memory I have used it all in my laminated work. I will have a scratch about to see if some is still in my "well catalogued" heap system.
That member now has "Banned" shown under the name in those old posts.
whats your thoughts on yellowwood ? (woodworkforums.com)Mobyturns
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27th October 2021, 05:22 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Mobyturns, I'd be pleased to have a bit if you have any. It sounds like the member you got it from probably disposed of it, but I'll give him a try too.
unfortunately, I think that Mapleman is out of the game, otherwise I'm sure he would have had a source.
David
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27th October 2021, 06:15 PM #8
Bit of a lightbulb moment
When we were up the north coast earlier this year on the way to that mo bike ex at that Southbank gallery we dropped in on big stan in Mullim.
I was talking about the Silver ash chairs I was making the kids and he gave me a stick of
Pretty sure it was Yellow wood.
I’ll have dig tomorrow.
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27th October 2021, 06:44 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Mapleman = Log Dog? If so then yes he can't be of any help.
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27th October 2021, 07:10 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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Thank-you very much. I'd really appreciate that.
David
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27th October 2021, 07:20 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Oh, thanks Aldav, I hadn't realised Chris had re-nicknamed himself. I've been off the forums for a while - had a bad experience here.
I bought a lot from Chris when he lived down close by but understood he had ceased his timber getting and moved to FNQ. Now, the NQ address clicks.
In fact, my fall-back if I can't source yellowwood is to use some of the crows ash that I bought from Chris years ago. Yummy stuff but mostly small section size, which is fine for this repair. It looks pretty similar but I've read that the greasiness of crows ash causes some problems with glue-up and I don't want the Royal Society's chairs falling apart in a few years - my name would be mud.
David
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27th October 2021, 08:04 PM #12
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27th October 2021, 08:08 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks anyway Mobyturns. I'll keep looking. if I'm completely stuck there is plantation grown timber I read on the net.
David
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27th October 2021, 08:09 PM #14
Greg Ward - Boutique Timbers - would be worth a try.
Mobyturns
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27th October 2021, 08:51 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Finally caught up with this request.
Being small in quantity & size (the wood I mean) I think I can help IF I can find a small board I have in mind. Will PM with news soon
Cheers Euge
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