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  1. 23rd October 2009, 05:52 PM #1
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    Default Native timber for cleats

    What native timber should I use to make some wooden horn cleats?

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  3. 23rd October 2009, 06:42 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by clarence1 View Post
    What native timber should I use to make some wooden horn cleats?

    Mike
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    Dunno but kapur decking would probably make good cleats and it's cheap (it's what I reach for when the plans say 'hardwood' )

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    I made some out of old 1" tomato stakes many years ago.
    Dunno what sort of wood it was - red & hard & heavy.
    Probably jarrah or redgum.
    Almost indestructible.
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    Try Blackbutt, Grey Box or Ironwood (from the RAN apprentice shipwright manual).
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    yea Blackbutt.... I have seen some Blackbutt on Fraser Island that would make you sit and drool ha ha....... also watched an old shipwright work some Blackbean, another hard as steel timber
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