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28th February 2019, 08:20 PM #1
Gutta percha fail !
Hi guys , I have had this piece of gutta percha for a while and was going to make a winged bowl out of it , started off ok but looks like mother nature and white ants beat me to it ,
Shame because it had some really nice grain colour and patterns inside , oh well back to the drawing board !Cheers smiife
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28th February 2019, 08:52 PM #2Senior Member
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28th February 2019, 09:22 PM #3Woodturner with a shed
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Like Mick said, "bugger".
On a side note, could this be gutta percha? It came from a roadside tree cut down by council and left to rot. I assumed it was an acacia but the grain pattern and colouring is very similar.
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Redbeard
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Redbeard
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28th February 2019, 10:27 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Smife give it a good spray and go for it. Nothing ventured nothing created!!!
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28th February 2019, 10:37 PM #5Woodturner with a shed
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Wot he said...
You've seen what Hardenfast did with his five year old piece of pine?
There's obviously some real wood left there. Seal it up and give it a whirl.
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Redbeard
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1st March 2019, 08:34 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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I only knew of Gutta Percha as early plastic Daguerreotype and Tintype frames. I had to look it up:
Gutta Percha – The Plastics Historical SocietySo much timber, so little time.
Paul
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Hi Redbeard
Sorry mate, in my opinion I don't think it is. Gutta Percha bark is more blocky and less stringy / longitudinal than this lag. Also heartwood is usually darker even in smaller section material. And, one you have smelt it perfumed wood you wil always recognise it. Its sl. oily as well. Its a very tropical almost mangrove from across far Nth Qld (Gulf country) and nthn NT and the Kimberley This looks like something else and not an acacia either ... may a Melaleuca?
Cheers Euge
edit: the pics in first post show its blocky (tesselated) bark pattern and dark brown heart.
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1st March 2019, 09:19 AM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Its a local (indigenous) name because of its irritating white sap (typical of Euphorbias).. also called Blind-your-eye or Nthn Brown Birch... nothing to do with rubber or rubber trees. It grows near mangrove communities in the far northern coastal areas (and flood prone areas) across northern Australia.
EugeLast edited by Euge; 1st March 2019 at 07:46 PM. Reason: typos & to remove PS
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1st March 2019, 09:36 AM #10Novice
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It appears that the damage is only confined to the sapwood, so you could still make something nice from the heartwood although it would need to be rather thin.
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1st March 2019, 10:13 AM #11Woodturner with a shed
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1st March 2019, 10:39 AM #12
I think digging out the soft bits and replacing with some coloured epoxy could result in some interesting results.
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Redbeard
It looks like bottlebrush to me .
Ted
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1st March 2019, 04:16 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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I agree Ted, (I think I know you from long ago. )
Just for the record.... The genus Callistemon (Bottlebrushes) has recently been combined with the genus Melaleuca.
Both are endemic to Australia,and popular as garden and ornamental plants
( https://www.jcu.edu.au/discover-natu...p.-callistemon )
Eugene (Euge)
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2nd March 2019, 01:24 PM #15Woodturner with a shed
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Hey Smiife, sorry about hijacking your post, I got a bit carried away there.
It's any absolute pain when that special piece you've been hoarding for an age turns out to be dodgy, especially when it's something special. Hopefully you can get something out of it, from what I've seen of gutta percha even the remaining heartwood should be interesting. Swing out around and get a goblet or something?
Cheers
Redbeard
Cheers
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