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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
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    Acco
    8th April 2015, 08:17 PM Go to last post

  1. BAD WOODS - Timber health hazards

    Started by ubeaut, 23rd July 2014 09:28 AM
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    1997, add, bad, cheers, comprehensive, contribute, feel, feels, forum, free, goodie, hazards, health, info, jump, kick, link, means, neil, oldie, site, thread, timber, time, u-beaut, woods 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 59
    • Views: 28,621
    BobL
    7th March 2017, 03:38 PM Go to last post

  2. HARD AND HEAVY Hardwood - WHAT IS IT???

    Started by Fallen Woodwork, 19th August 2021 01:11 PM
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    • Replies: 44
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    verawood
    18th January 2022, 10:08 PM Go to last post

  3. Australian timber ranked by density - is their a list online?

    Started by Neil T, 19th January 2019 05:33 PM
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    • Replies: 15
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    Neil T
    23rd January 2019, 07:16 AM Go to last post

  4. Are messmate and tas oak the same?

    Started by Lappa, 25th July 2017 09:56 PM
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    DaveVman
    15th December 2017, 10:00 PM Go to last post

  5. The hardest timber. Global hardness chart

    Started by wayfarer, 9th June 2018 12:40 AM
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    • Replies: 38
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    Bushmiller
    24th June 2018, 09:18 PM Go to last post

  6. Cocobolo wood

    Started by Anthony Delgado, 10th November 2016 10:13 PM
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    • Replies: 31
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    Big Shed
    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
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    • Replies: 19
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    rob streeper
    7th October 2016, 12:40 PM Go to last post

  8. The hardwoods of Australia

    Started by bunya pine, 5th August 2017 12:21 PM
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    • Replies: 16
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    ian
    6th August 2017, 09:17 AM Go to last post

  9. Field guide to central & western QLD trees

    Started by Mobyturns, 23rd December 2014 10:54 PM
    central, field, guide, qld, trees, western
    • Replies: 12
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    Mobyturns
    28th April 2016, 07:21 AM Go to last post

  10. American Cherry question

    Started by Shedhand, 6th November 2016 10:14 PM
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    • Replies: 15
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    Shedhand
    9th November 2016, 09:45 PM Go to last post

  11. Wood Chatoyance

    Started by chatometry, 22nd May 2022 11:20 PM
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    chatometry
    27th October 2022, 11:49 PM Go to last post

  12. Timber Description Cards

    Started by Ross, 13th June 2015 09:04 AM
    cards, description, timber 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
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    Hermosil
    2nd September 2016, 01:17 AM Go to last post

  13. Specific Gravity - list of Aussie species?

    Started by FenceFurniture, 9th July 2020 05:42 PM
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    FenceFurniture
    16th July 2020, 12:54 PM Go to last post

  14. Tree ID

    Started by george mavridis, 4th August 2015 07:37 PM
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    Mobyturns
    23rd June 2018, 09:24 PM Go to last post

  15. Timber Supply in Perth

    Started by Peterunwin, 13th December 2016 05:37 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    BlackbuttWA
    11th January 2017, 03:30 PM Go to last post

  16. timber rescued from becoming firewood, would love some help to ID.

    Started by j_shell, 21st June 2017 01:50 AM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
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    artme
    18th July 2017, 10:19 AM Go to last post

  17. What timber? - hardwood post

    Started by Wynterplace, 6th January 2017 09:14 PM
    • Replies: 8
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    justonething
    7th January 2017, 09:37 PM Go to last post

  18. Are these old railway sleepers??

    Started by purplesnake, 13th January 2017 09:25 AM
    3 Attachment(s)
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    Bushmiller
    15th January 2017, 01:54 PM Go to last post

  19. Another timber type question - everyone's favourite: pine!

    Started by Tung tied, 21st February 2018 11:48 AM
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    • Replies: 4
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    Tung tied
    22nd February 2018, 10:45 AM Go to last post

  20. Big, heavy & fiddleback?

    Started by Phily, 2nd February 2019 05:41 PM
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    Phily
    15th February 2019, 06:02 PM Go to last post

  21. Timber ID x3

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

  22. Identification please.

    Started by Goonyella, 23rd January 2019 08:25 AM
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    kenny mac
    19th April 2019, 03:24 PM Go to last post

  23. ANU's Fenner School xylarium

    Started by BobL, 28th July 2018 02:26 PM
    • Replies: 4
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    Euge
    15th August 2018, 11:11 PM Go to last post

  24. Help Identifying Timber

    Started by Danny, 11th April 2018 06:22 PM
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    artful bodger
    25th April 2018, 10:34 PM Go to last post

  25. ID and treatment suggestions please on old floorboards

    Started by Toby L, 24th April 2017 04:51 PM
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    rustynail
    12th July 2017, 04:21 PM Go to last post

  26. Turpentine wood (syncarpia glomulifera) suitability for cabinet making.

    Started by Grumpy2, 3rd October 2015 07:46 PM
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    John.G
    6th October 2015, 07:44 PM Go to last post

  27. Guidelines on how to use this forum.

    Started by ubeaut, 13th July 2014 09:37 AM
    basic, beenatree, botanical, brackets, capitals, cheers, chitchat, common, deleted, experiences, forum, guidelines, ideally, idle, info, information, irrelevant, lower, neil, nowdeadius, personal, photo, photos, post, posts, relevant, thread, timber, title, topic, wasalogiai
    • Replies: 1
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    BobL
    13th July 2014, 10:42 AM Go to last post

  28. Identifying Trees & shrubs in SE Qld

    Started by Euge, 21st May 2015 10:46 AM
    identifying, qld, shrubs, trees
    • Replies: 11
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    Euge
    1st June 2015, 07:54 PM Go to last post

  29. Camphor Laurel for an external use ?????????

    Started by Mick T, 16th March 2018 10:24 AM
    • Replies: 3
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    MAPLEMAN
    21st March 2018, 08:48 AM Go to last post

  30. Cotoneaster for chisel handles

    Started by bunya pine, 23rd August 2017 10:13 AM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
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    bunya pine
    31st August 2017, 09:32 AM Go to last post
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