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10th October 2016, 06:48 PM #1Senior Member
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12th October 2016, 05:23 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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What age do they get to ? She looks like she's been around for some time.
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12th October 2016, 05:30 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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I used to live on a Puriri Street. Sadly all the Puriri were cut down before we moved there.
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12th October 2016, 07:54 PM #4Senior Member
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The hardest timber I've ever machined, it also has an oily texture. I once made a set of kitchen benches with it and used Fibreglass resin to glue the joins, the resin didn't permeate and the joints just popped apart. Also the native Puriri moth larvae bores it's way through the entire trunk leaving holes and tunnels through the surface, Gorgeous colour though, a rich dark brown,. I may consider using it for my car wheels....
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12th October 2016, 07:56 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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""an ugly old bitch""
I love that tree
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12th October 2016, 08:34 PM #6
Puriri for woodturning?
I picked up a piece of Puriri to possibly woodturn into something whilst on a visit to NZ some years back ,unfortunately it has split so I am thinking of slicing it for a decorative box inlay.
Has some good feature I reckon.
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13th October 2016, 06:30 PM #7Senior Member
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How did you get on getting it thru customs?
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13th October 2016, 06:37 PM #8Senior Member
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Can't find anything concrete but I think for hundreds of years at least, she certainly looks old doesn't she? There are much bigger more impressive trees just across the road from us at the primary school my kids go to and just up the road is some natural groves of obviously old trees. I'll try and gets a few more pics.
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13th October 2016, 08:12 PM #9
No worries it was clean of bark ,and inspected for infestation so no problems.
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