NZ ancient kauri

[pjt]

Spirit Flutes (Matt) organized some of this timber from NZ, I went down to Bris and picked my lot up last week...this is a small piece machined up with some water on it...
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Matt called this whitebait...
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Not bad looking stuff:U

Pete

[gooma]

Stunning pieces of wood there Pete:2tsup:

Hoping my lot will arrive monday or tuesday, will post some pics when it`s landed.

cheers
Brad

[MAPLEMAN]

Stunning figure,i would be inclined to seal it though as i reckon it will surface check badly.:2tsup:

[artme]

:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Manuka Jock]

Spirit Flutes (Matt) organized some of this timber from NZ, I went down to Bris and picked my lot up last week...
Not bad looking stuff:U

Pete
Pete , is the timber seasoned bone dry or what ,
other that the water you put on to pop out the grain ?

[pjt]

Pete , is the timber seasoned bone dry or what ,
other that the water you put on to pop out the grain ?

Hi Jock,
I'd have to confirm exactly how dry but it has been air drying for some time as far as I know, yr plus at a guess.
I put the water on it to make the grain stand out

Pete

[Manuka Jock]

Hi Jock,
I'd have to confirm exactly how dry but it has been air drying for some time as far as I know, yr plus at a guess.
I put the water on it to make the grain stand out

Pete
I know that you put water on it to make the grain stand out , that is why I mentioned it .

Wood takes on average , and remember that it is an average ,
a year per inch of thickness to air dry .

Have you sealed the endgrain yet ?

[MAPLEMAN]

If it is'nt fully seasoned,definately seal it,particularly as there is alot of end grain in it,as well as the fact that rockhampton would have a fairly low e.m.c at this time of year.:2tsup:

[rsser]

I rough turned a bowl out of a wet blank of the stuff and it had to go into a plakky bag for nearly a year to control cracking.

[swamp logger]

i got a fair bit of the stuff, still got alot to learn about it to!

[Manuka Jock]

Roll a bit of it down hill this way , and I'll give you a hand with the research :U

[swamp logger]

pay the fright ill give you a bit:2tsup:

[Manuka Jock]

cheers :) I'll have see how the sales go in the guild xmas shop first tho .


Jock