weisyboy 20th February 2013, 10:01 PM recently did a job a eudlo.
nice big tallowood logs.
biggest was 2.5 cube.
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weisyboy 20th February 2013, 10:03 PM sorry about the sidewways pics.
we did 22 cube in 4 days:o:no::o even with staying at teh pub. i wasnt me best in teh mornings:;
dai sensei 21st February 2013, 01:18 AM :2tsup:
artme 21st February 2013, 06:48 AM Nice logs mate and good to hear from you again!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
Don't hear much about Tallowood these days. I have a small piece here from the end of a small log.
When I have the shed and a few other things sorted i will cut it up for pen blanks. Only thing it's good for!
weisyboy 21st February 2013, 07:59 AM Only thing it's good for!
thats a joke right?
Sigidi 21st February 2013, 08:12 AM I think artme is refering to the peice of tallowood he has is only good for pen blanks - not that tallowood is only good for pen blanks :D:D:D:2tsup:
I am currently cutting a bit of tallowood and find it cuts wonderfully, really like it!
Avery 21st February 2013, 09:05 AM I always enjoy your posts weisyboy.
chambezio 21st February 2013, 10:00 AM This will make you laugh.
When I first came up here (To Tamworth) on of the first jobs I got was to do some house frames for a farmer who had got some tallowood at a good price. It was all 4 x 2 and sawn nicely. We marked out the plates and trenched them then put the walls together on the bearers and joist right where they had to go. Yes window heads, noggings the lot. Come time to stand up the frames and you guessed it ....couldn't pick it up....toooooo heavey.
Took a bit of lateral thinking and leavers. We got it up eventually.
Lesson one learned!!!
artme 21st February 2013, 10:11 AM thats a joke right?
Not a joke Carl. Just like Sigidi says. The piece is only about an inch thick.
Should look good cut across the grain if the growth rings are anything to go by.
artme 21st February 2013, 10:16 AM This will make you laugh.
When I first came up here (To Tamworth) on of the first jobs I got was to do some house frames for a farmer who had got some tallowood at a good price. It was all 4 x 2 and sawn nicely. We marked out the plates and trenched them then put the walls together on the bearers and joist right where they had to go. Yes window heads, noggings the lot. Come time to stand up the frames and you guessed it ....couldn't pick it up....toooooo heavey.
Took a bit of lateral thinking and leavers. We got it up eventually.
Lesson one learned!!!
It sure is heavy!! I know from carrying the stuphph around as a young fella.
All houses used to have tallowood exterior window sills when I was a youngster.
Held up brilliantly in the weather.
It was also very popular for flooring, particularly dance floors.
Bushmiller 21st February 2013, 06:35 PM Nice job Carl.
That tallow looks like really good timber.
Regards
Paul
weisyboy 21st February 2013, 07:34 PM 8m dead straight 9x2s
8m 6x6 with 2" of spring:o
never seen anyhting cut so straight.
Sigidi 21st February 2013, 07:39 PM Not a joke Carl. Just like Sigidi says. The piece is only about an inch thick.
Should look good cut across the grain if the growth rings are anything to go by.
I gave my Dad a whack of nicely figured tallowood recently, all offcuts from milling, but he should be able to make some sweet stuff from them. Dad sells a heap of acrylic blanks, pen stuff, whole range of stuff really.
rosewood 26th February 2013, 02:02 PM My verandah posts are 5 x 5 tallowood. Might have paid a bit more for them up front but 16 years down the track, there is not a sheet of paper between them as far as still being straight and true.
Quality timber to say the least.
Nice cutting Carl.
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