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:oo: My mistake. :B I should read my own notes on these timbers more carefully before posting which has them as a very different groups!

Any comments on the workability/density of Budgeroo? I...

Thanks Mong. That makes more sence. :2tsup: Although Budargoo or Bunya Pine is a little less dense (500kg dried?) and fairly easy to work.

Cheers....

Hi Matt

Guess its off-topic but...

... I agree, I moved to Canberra from Perth in the late 80s. Then people here were freindly, helpful and easy going. But somthing changed after...

Hi Ian and Soth

You guys are 150% correct.

We looked at setting up a milling and drying operation for log from the ACT urban forest. Having kilns and a mill (the mill is now gone – too risky...

Hi Dannopower!

Go the 12". More versitile - longer deeper cutting depth etc. There's a lot to choose from these days in quality brands and all around the same money.

Cheers
Slabman

Hi Mong

Ian may be right with the Acacia suggestion. The samples are broadly reminicent of silver wattle or some variant of it.

Just by way of interest, here's a picture of timber from a...

Hi Mong

Um... not entirely sure what that is. Some Hakeas will grow to become small trees that could produce a very limitted numbers of shortish 150-200mm boards. So you never know, but most are...

Hi Jedo and Hulbs

It sounds like the suppliers in your town don't try very hard. There is a strong network of mills and agents on the eastern seaboard that can supply merchants with almost...

Needlewood is a hakea. These are are a few of the hakeas commonly found in your State: H. dactyloides, H. eriantha, H. gibbosa, H. florulenta, H. fraseri, H. lorea, H leucoptera ,H. microcarpa and...

Hi Hulbs

Um... cheap without sacrificing quality. The best of both worlds is very difficult to attain without gambling! As many project controllers and specifies know, the cheapest price is...

The durability properties quoted for Merbau seem a little strange. I thought that Merbau was globally regarded as a durable timber suitablke for above ground use (i,e, Class 2 or better). Usually...

Inox is good. Also try its competitor - ACL made by Liquid Engineering. Its non-toxic and made in Oz, trigger rather aerosol (i.e. you're not paying for propellant) and more volume for the dollar. ...

What Bootle (Wood in Australia) has to say on e.globulous is accurate in my experience. Can be an attractive timber but take good care in the drying process.

Fiddleback is a feature of regular pattern caused by compression of timber fibers. It is one expression of the stresses a tree experiences as it grows.

Weight is a common source of compression...

Blood Ironbark does not appear on any commercial or botanical listing I have. There are five iron barks listed for Australia, 2 that are "grey" and three that are "red". America also has timber...

Yes at $10 a meter is damn cheap. That's around $800 per cubic which is close to the wholesale price green off saw! Clean the place out if its any good. This material retails at around $4000 per...

Hi David

I have a team of 4 millers starting work on 4 October cutting up more than 200 log. One of them may be prepared to stay around after they've finished our job and mill the log in...

You'll find a good stand of Poplar along the Federal Highway towards towards the Goulburn end, a few stands around lake Burley Griffin in Canberra as well as along the Monaro going to Comma. In fact...

Hi Helga

Just tuned into this post now, so apologies for my belated opinionate response!<O:p</O:p

"Deferent’s" advise is, in our experience, very correct and sadly such advise is often...

When it comes to flooring be affraid, be very affraid. There's more fantasy than reality out there in the recommendations you hear from on-sellers and some floor layers and builders.

Just to give...

Yes, Mono is right. Cypres is insect resitant and durable. Its also low cost. There are sources direct from mill if you wonder up near Narranberra.

Red Iron Bark is worth a look. More...

Hi Andrew

I may be able to set you up with a relatively stable supply of Jarrah. Don't want to get hopes up too high at this stage.

Send me a message with the volumes and (standard) sizes...

If you adopt the incredibly cheap method of getting the timber off the ground, try to use supports that termites cannot hide in (e.g. not timber!) make sure the supports remain visable and there is...

Hi Michaelvass

The advice you have here is good. Regardless of the timber, 50c a linear is a steel. Worst case scenario you've got well priced firewood should Qld freeze over! As for the...

Concur entirely with Bushmiller on use of solar kilns and gentle drying. Have had very good results with iron bark with this approach.

Hey Trevor

Um...you're right. P&!e is a four letter word. I shall only use it as a profanity from now on!

Cheers
Slab

Hi Echidna,

I agree in general that 150mm is a prudent maximum particalarly if you do not knwo the detail of how a board was dried or are concerned at how "volotile" the species may be.

I may...

I agree that you don't want to go too wide on your board laminations for risk of cupping, but we have been pushing the envelope on this one big time just to find out...and the results so far are...

Hi Trevour of Grafton

Could you post that data on CAA treated pine or send me a copy?

Cheers.....

There are some subtle and not so subtle differences between Ash and Tasmanian Oak.

Genuined Tasmanian Oak has a high proportion of Messmate (e.obliqua) in it which is both harder (by around 1.5...

AABB

I have some Vic Ash in 125mm X 38mm KD sawn left over from a job. This is e.regnans and e.delicatensis, two of the species out of Tas Oak. You should be able to machine this to 32mm thick...

Just a little info onm the different approaches to pricing timber and why.....

While timber is wholesaled by the cubic, this has little to do with how reputable the merchant is or the appropriate...

Hi Womble

Given the choice, I favour kiln dried durability class 2 or better in hardwood to build with. Sure its more expensive, more difficult to use and many species are in poor supply (and...

Yes tallowood is good decking material as is turpentine and the itron barcks. Theese are very durable. The Tallowood and Turpentine are both insect resistant, good hardness and turpentine in...

Hey Matrix. nice piece of wood, lovely compression.

Might sound expensive but, its good quality feature, no gum, no checking, no collapse and a thickness that's getting very hard to get hold of...

Hey Dan! I think Bruce might be right. If you are making a work bench for woodwork you don't want to have too hard a surface or you'll damage your material. You don't want to go too "flakey"...

Hey PHTS. Do you have any details on the log. Girth? Useable Length? etc.

May have use for it in boat building.

Cheers

Hi Lawrence

The 1" per annum rule is not very a helpful guide. There are a lot of variables at play in drying timber.

I think you need to establish first whether your logs are useable and...

My second post on this forum and on the same thread!!!!

@bozzo I just noticed that like me you are from Canberra. Canberra is a very harsh climate for drying timber. Far too dry for good...

My first post on this forum!

@Natural edge, I notice you have a Lucas Mill and recommend $600 to $800 per cubic for slabs.

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