View Full Version : Wood I.D help please
Faulko
19th January 2015, 07:29 AM
This was a pretty bland looking blank that was much better than expected. Only prob is I don't know what is!
artme
19th January 2015, 08:04 AM
Really nice platter!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
As to the timber I would suggest CL but you would have known by the odour.
Brett Hammond
19th January 2015, 09:29 AM
Looks like Tassie Myrtle.
brendan stemp
19th January 2015, 09:45 AM
Vote no.2 for Tassie Myrtle.
Faulko
19th January 2015, 01:33 PM
I was going suggest tas myrtle, but have only ever seen a few pics....def not camphor. Shavings were closer to pink coming off the tool...ta.
Zed
21st January 2015, 03:38 PM
myrtle for sure. what type... who knows?
artful bodger
21st January 2015, 07:32 PM
Yep, I thought myrtle too!.
Doesn't only grow in Tassie. Grows in Victoria as well, however I think they call it beech? over there.
If we must be pedantic then the scientific name is " Nothofagus cunninghamii"
chuck1
21st January 2015, 09:25 PM
It also looks abit like cherry beech. Turned up in a pack of pine at work and ended up I'm my shed.very nice turning.