Thread: Unknown Timber

some sort of root ball

First thing that came to mind was mango

Originally Posted by The Spin Doctor

First thing that came to mind was mango

As far as I know, there's never been any mango trees around here. But anything's possible.

It looks like Olive to me

Originally Posted by BMKal

As far as I know, there's never been any mango trees around here. But anything's possible.

LOL. Ya, I guess finding mangos in Kalgoorlie would be an odd occurrence...

Perhaps African Olive. I have a few chunks that are not dissimilar Olive | The Wood Database (Hardwood)

Originally Posted by hughie

Perhaps African Olive. I have a few chunks that are not dissimilar Olive | The Wood Database (Hardwood)

Thanks for that. I do have some olive wood cut from trees a couple of doors down. This is nothing like the timber I have, but perhaps being a rootball from a different species of olive could explain it.
I'm also wondering if it might have come from a grape vine. We have a few grape vines out in the back yard and some have been pulled out. But the main "trunk" of this piece is thicker than any of the grape vines still in the garden - could have been an older and larger vine ???

I also cut and partially turned a root ball from what the wife tells me was a jacaranda yesterday - it's currently in resin in the pressure pot. Completely different timber again and looks very promising.
Some layers of very "pink" timber in the centre. Second photo (after I had picked off all the bark) almost looks like a chook ready to be roasted in the oven.

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looks super dry, get that turning!!!!!

i guess your original one could be just about anything in a morphed stage. the beauty of wood

Originally Posted by brainstrust

looks super dry, get that turning!!!!!

i guess your original one could be just about anything in a morphed stage. the beauty of wood

It's sitting out in the shed cast in resin and ready to turn now. But I've been busy building raised vegie garden beds for SWMBO last couple of days - have to keep in the good books or I might get fed some of the unknown variety of mushrooms that are coming up in the lawn at the moment.

Yes, I think it's mango too. Similar to some (darker) mango I got from my neighbours tree a few years back.

Finally found out what the "unknown" timber is. Turned out to be a wisteria stump that my wife pulled out a while back. My daughter reminded us of this, and I have since cut a piece off another wisteria vine that is still growing along the back verandah, and it is the same. We used to have another couple of wisteria vines growing along what is now the vegie garden / shadehouse and the wife removed them because the roots were spreading through the beds of the vegie garden. Have now dug up all the beds and built raised "wicking" beds using some old sleepers as support frames with the bottom third of some IBC's as the garden beds. Seems to be working well and the only "pests" in the gardens now are some white moths.