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mate have a look here http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/AFT/02-095sum.html

its a very good artile about 27 diffrent farm forresty trees. It shows maps of where the trees can be planted along with...

well ill stick my neck out and have a guess. i think its when you cut all the crappy bits out before you stack the timber to dry

cya
tom

you recon 30s is bad mate im not even in my 20s. what is a super foot anyway ive managed to find out that a board foot is 12" * 12" * 1" but even that varys depending weather its hard or soft wood...

back in school i made two bowls by laminating 3 pieces of wood together so what your proposing is definatly possible. the wood was jarrah and radiata pine so the hardwood softwood really isnt an...

cheers for the help guys its geting close to exams so ill have to put the carver down for now :(

cliff the mini grinder does have a small guard built into the attachmet but i still get alot of...

well i went down today to the auction, i only saw the first 74 lots, after that my little brother saw a pile of sheoak flooring mill ends and we left with the boot full for only $10 my mini carver is...

well for better or worse i havnt realy got stuck in because the triton dust mask needs 15 hours of charging before i can use it :mad: .
any sort of gloves in particular stinky? surgical? riggers?
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this story starts about 3 months ago when i found whati think is a jarrah burl on the farm. well it was rotting on the underside so i took it back to perth with me and let it dry out till i figured...

well the custom lathe idea got shot down. 10-15 grand to get a one off built. i think i could build a lathe my self but i dont think i could get the straight line accuracy needed for the drums.
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sorry al your going to have to elaborate. whats a capstan lathe :confused:


tom

well ill get a custom athe costed and see if i can afford the start up cost. im still looking for a second hand mill to saw up the bulk of the trees but drums could be a little niche market.
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well to start with about 14" diameter snare but id realy like to be able to turn kick drum swhich are 20" to 24" diameter. now i know this is big but it must be possible, and im starting to think im...

that looks good bob how does it sound compared to ply drums?

barry i am really looking to make the drum out of a single pice of wood as i have the trees that could be put to this purpose and i...

thats the one
give us a break its sounds close :o

cya tom

symtec? it sounds like the plastic explosive the SAS use? :eek:

thanks silentc i was just down at carbatec and that was one of the things that they suggested

cheers
tom

hmm cant say i know any qualified engineers but i am a student mabe the department will have one.

thanks guys at least it give me somthing to think about.

cheers
tom

i was thinking a big chuck with jaws that expand outwards.
am i being naive?

thanks
tom

they would vary but mainly between 8 and 14 inches in diameter

thanks al that might work if i could fit a hollowing tool to it

cheers
tom

yes but im trying to make a drum shell and the copier would work great for the outside surface but i also need to hollow out the inside would a copier be able to do this

sorry for my ignorance
tom

thanks thats a good idea but would a copier be able to hlollow a straight line as well?

fingers crossed
tom

hi i need to do some accurate turning with wood. more accurate than i could ever do by hand. now what im looking for is a way to get a tool post like a metal lathe on a wood lathe. does anyone know...

ill be going just to get an idea on prices so ill bring home a full report for you cliff.

catch ya
tom

cheers cliff we already have banksia jarrah marri ans she oak growing there but beefwood sounds like a good idea evenhough it normaly grows up north it cant hurt to try.

ptc whats wrong with...

thanks for all the replys guys keep them coming, im busy happily researching all these new names ive been given.
also on other threads on the forum i have seen names like snottygobble and malaluca...

ok so im thinking of planting a bunch of trees down at the farm, and seeing as i have bugger all experiance when compared to anyone else on this forum i figured you could all put down which timbers...

thanks for that site robert i had heard of those guys but never been able to spell their name :confused: . im actualy in perth at uni but after seeing how man more seeds they have than the local...

wow -10 i doubt it would ever get that cold in redmond ( we rarely ever get frosts). well if they can grow in climates that cold i guess ill give them a go. its interesting what get published because...

thanks for the sugestion barry , ive thought about Paulownia the only problem being that its a tropical tree that likes warmer tempritures which is more suited to places north of perth and the...

ok i fear of getting shot at next time the neighbours are out killing rabbits and geting beat up over the internet by you guys, i think im going to have to give up my camphor dreams.
thanks for all...

well i just checked the ag department site they say it can be invasive in gardens but it doesnt seem to be a quarantined weed so i dont think they will care to much. The property is 450 acres and its...

hmm mabe with a whole lot of roundup and a chainsaw i could grow some nice tall straight ones. im only 17 so theres heaps of time for them to grow, how fast do they grow?

thanks for the heads up guys.
i see its become quite a pest over there but i wonder if it will grow a bit slower over here in he southwest.
i like the idea of a tree that can kill birds we've got a...

hi im in west aus and im thinking of planting some camphor as ive heard good things about the wood ive got enough room for quite a few on the block and i was wondering if this is an easy spices to...

just to throw a spanner in the works: :p

the old saying goes, " if nothing changes it can never get better" :rolleyes:

i know that traditionaly they are very large very expensive machines however before i found this out i did some research into 4 side planers and found that a couple of companys have recently made...

hi in my further reasearch i found a "Ultra Olon 4 Side Planer" and was wondering if anyone knew where i could get some more information on this machine and the brand in general, because i have...

hi im looking for a second hand logosol ph260 or simmilar 4+ head planer i need it to dress rough saw boards and have the option of putting a tonge and groove for flooring. i was wondering where the...

coz it warps alot?

does anyone have any idea what the price of paulowina would be per cubic metre

haha i doubt ill be giving much away excpt mabe in return for tools, the idea was to sell the wood so i have some money to set up a little workshop of my own ( uni student = poor)

thaks for the...

thanks for that those reports r long over 500 pages total mate im gona b an expert when im done
they sound really good from the first few pages ive read

thanks again
tom
perth

cheers for the advice ive got alot of space to store stuff (450 acre block) so i guess ill cut it up and save it till its worth somthing

love the look of the natural edge table
so i guess ill be...

cheers i got the figures from a paulowina association website so i guess they shoiuld be taken with a grain of salt

how is its strength in relation to common woods ie pine jarrah?

sorry no logs...

just writing to see if any one of these forums has any experiance with a chinese hard wood called "Paulownia" it seems to be a light coloured extreemtly fast growing plantation hardwood.

appantly...

cheers for that i guess it shows how much of a novice i am but hey you learn somthing new every day,

i was wondering for jarrah and marri if purely for value of timber is it generaly better to...

im in wa and with swiftel it was by far the cheapest at the time i get 512 dl and 128 ul 16GB download limit uploads is unlimited and eccess download is charged at $6 a GB thats $0.006 per MB its...

hi ive got to clear a few jarrah sheoak and marri trees on the block and have access to a portable sawmill.
Im really interisted in wood and metal working as hobbies however i dont have the money...