Thread: Blackwood bowl

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

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Qui, je? Seulement quand il vient au vin et aux madamoiselles.

Or something like that.

Bablefish says
"Who, I? Only when it comes to the wine and the madamoiselles ones."

Sorry, was thinking of AFRICAN blackwood

Originally Posted by ss_11000

jenna pal pal francie

( is that how you write it? )

cheers

ps. does any one know what it means?

No: it's Je ne parle pas le francais, and it means I don't speak French.

That's a very kludgy translation by Babelfish of some very kludgy French.

That bowl looks like a nice piece of tassie blackwood to me.

Originally Posted by zenwood

That's a very kludgy translation by Babelfish of some very kludgy French.

Correct on both counts. I love Babel's quirks... it always reminds me of tourists mangling their way through those phrase dictionaries.

Originally Posted by zenwood

No: it's Je ne parle pas le francais, and it means I don't speak French.
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cool, so now i know how to write it. i knew what it meant but never knew how to write it ( my friend told me how to say it )

cheers

There was an article about chatoyance in a recent FWW from memory.
Cliff thanks for the run down on the blackwood - impressive. My form 4 french has suffered - ah zut!

Hi Guys.......There are big variations in blackwood , I have some in me shed that is real chocolate and this lot I cut up a few days ago , this is SA grown blackwood , same breed though , just a diferent strain gene etc. http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=57551

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon
Black Wattle Acacia melanoxylon
Blackwood, Black Wattle, Hickory, Sally Wattle, Mudgerabah
Blackwood occurs from northern Queensland to southern Tasmania between latitudes 16-43o S. It is found near sea level to 1500 m. In the tropical part of its distribution it is found only at higher altitudes. (QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, SA, TAS)

Blackwood Acacia argyrodendron
Black Gidyea Acacia argyrodendron
Occurs in central Qld across the Great Divide from the Torrens Ck area E to the Isaac R. basin, particularly common in the Cape, Suttor and Belyando R. basins. Grows mostly in dark cracking clay, either alone or, on the southern and eastern edge of its range, with Brigalow ( Acacia harpophylla ).

Blackwood is also known as Black wattle & here are a few things known as Black Wattle.
Black Wattle Acacia aulacocarpa
Black Wattle Acacia auriculiformis
Black Wattle Acacia concurrens
Black Wattle Acacia crassicarpa
Black Wattle Acacia decurrens
Black Wattle Acacia hakeoides
Black Wattle Acacia implexa
Black Wattle Acacia leiocalyx
Black Wattle Acacia mangium
Black Wattle Acacia mearnsii
Black Wattle Acacia melanoxylon
Black Wattle Acacia mollissima
Black Wattle Acacia neriifolia
Black Wattle Acacia plectocarpa
Black Wattle Acacia stenophylla
Black Wattle Callicoma serratifolia

Hi Cliff We also get Blackwood growing , almost at sea level around here . We also get Black wattle , also an Acacia but definitely not the same tree , tends to have quite a bit of pink through the timber . Cheers MM

hi aussieturner just doing my kitchen up in blackwood very little of it is black i think it depends where in tassie it comes from