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Forum: TIMBER SPECIES GUIDES

This forum is to build a database of sorts on timbers with more info than most including personal experiences of the timbers use, eg characteristics, workability, planing, dulling of tools, tear out, gluing, finishing, allergic reactions, etc, etc, etc.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Identifying wood - Some Suggestions to Posters

    Started by Euge, 8th April 2015 06:02 PM
    identifying, posters, suggestions, wood
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,767
    8th April 2015, 08:17 PM Go to last post
  1. Wood Chatoyance

    Started by chatometry, 22nd May 2022 11:20 PM
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    • Replies: 64
    • Views: 3,247
    27th October 2022, 11:49 PM Go to last post
  2. BAD WOODS - Timber health hazards

    Started by ubeaut, 23rd July 2014 09:28 AM
    4 Pages
    1 2 3 4
    • Replies: 59
    • Views: 28,550
    7th March 2017, 03:38 PM Go to last post
  3. Specific Gravity - list of Aussie species?

    Started by FenceFurniture, 9th July 2020 05:42 PM
    4 Pages
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    • Replies: 48
    • Views: 3,090
    16th July 2020, 12:54 PM Go to last post
  4. HARD AND HEAVY Hardwood - WHAT IS IT???

    Started by Fallen Woodwork, 19th August 2021 01:11 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 44
    • Views: 13,574
    18th January 2022, 10:08 PM Go to last post
  5. The hardest timber. Global hardness chart

    Started by wayfarer, 9th June 2018 12:40 AM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 38
    • Views: 6,976
    24th June 2018, 09:18 PM Go to last post
  6. Cocobolo wood

    Started by Anthony Delgado, 10th November 2016 10:13 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    • Replies: 31
    • Views: 6,549
    14th November 2016, 08:21 PM Go to last post
  7. Wood species for hand made spoons

    Started by bunya pine, 5th October 2016 03:02 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,596
    7th October 2016, 12:40 PM Go to last post
  8. Is this wood Kauri Pine?

    Started by Mountain Ash, 10th August 2021 05:50 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 1,278
    25th August 2021, 09:31 AM Go to last post
  9. The hardwoods of Australia

    Started by bunya pine, 5th August 2017 12:21 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 3,874
    6th August 2017, 09:17 AM Go to last post
  10. Australian timber ranked by density - is their a list online?

    Started by Neil T, 19th January 2019 05:33 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 10,502
    23rd January 2019, 07:16 AM Go to last post
  11. American Cherry question

    Started by Shedhand, 6th November 2016 10:14 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 3,753
    9th November 2016, 09:45 PM Go to last post
  12. Are messmate and tas oak the same?

    Started by Lappa, 25th July 2017 09:56 PM
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 8,646
    15th December 2017, 10:00 PM Go to last post
  13. Field guide to central & western QLD trees

    Started by Mobyturns, 23rd December 2014 10:54 PM
    central, field, guide, qld, trees, western
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 3,790
    28th April 2016, 07:21 AM Go to last post
  14. Timber id. help please

    Started by torech, 6th March 2016 06:24 AM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 1,850
    21st April 2016, 11:49 AM Go to last post
  15. Timber Description Cards

    Started by Ross, 13th June 2015 09:04 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 3,158
    2nd September 2016, 01:17 AM Go to last post
  16. Identity of wood that smells like tar

    Started by Jonnydubbs, 14th July 2016 12:27 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,018
    14th July 2016, 04:20 PM Go to last post
  17. Identify this wood please

    Started by Superbunny, 10th March 2021 07:28 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 753
    15th March 2021, 09:35 AM Go to last post
  18. Identifying Trees & shrubs in SE Qld

    Started by Euge, 21st May 2015 10:46 AM
    identifying, qld, shrubs, trees
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,333
    1st June 2015, 07:54 PM Go to last post
  19. Mass wood identification?

    Started by lyricnz, 7th January 2020 10:12 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 981
    10th January 2020, 06:39 AM Go to last post
  20. Big, heavy & fiddleback?

    Started by Phily, 2nd February 2019 05:41 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,507
    15th February 2019, 06:02 PM Go to last post
  21. Another what is this

    Started by Simplicity, 19th August 2019 09:33 PM
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 1,726
    1st September 2019, 01:27 PM Go to last post
  22. Another one of what is this ? [emoji4]

    Started by CraftySally, 21st February 2022 12:04 PM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,075
    24th February 2022, 07:11 AM Go to last post
  23. Is this English boxwood?

    Started by Simplicity, 26th July 2020 11:54 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 852
    28th July 2020, 11:33 AM Go to last post
  24. Are these old railway sleepers??

    Started by purplesnake, 13th January 2017 09:25 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,599
    15th January 2017, 01:54 PM Go to last post
  25. Species Identification Help Please

    Started by homesy135, 4th May 2021 05:25 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 904
    6th May 2021, 11:13 AM Go to last post
  26. What timber? - hardwood post

    Started by Wynterplace, 6th January 2017 09:14 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,612
    7th January 2017, 09:37 PM Go to last post
  27. Unknown timber identification

    Started by Maxx02, 1st August 2023 09:40 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 904
    15th August 2023, 12:12 AM Go to last post
  28. Cotoneaster for chisel handles

    Started by bunya pine, 23rd August 2017 10:13 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,221
    31st August 2017, 09:32 AM Go to last post
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 753
    31st December 2021, 08:16 PM Go to last post
  29. Timber ID x3

    Started by Ben Wheeler, 9th May 2018 04:16 AM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,499
    28th June 2018, 11:24 AM Go to last post

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