Timber ID help

[rtyuiop]

Hi folks,

Hoping someone can help identify some timber - if I am remembering correctly where I found it, it could be from an olive or persimmon tree, or something else entirely!

In my very limited experience it seemed pretty damn hard (to be honest, I should have stopped turning it once I realised how hard and waited to gain some experience!)...

Turned and finished with shellawax:

http://rtyuiop.net/pics/workshop/IMG_0249.JPG

Raw timber:

http://rtyuiop.net/pics/workshop/IMG_0250.JPG

http://rtyuiop.net/pics/workshop/IMG_0251.JPG

Cheers,

Danny

[smiife]

Hi danny,
Could be jacaranda:?

[dai sensei]

Not Olive, and although timber colour is good for persimmon, the bark is wrong.

[rtyuiop]

Hmm, jacaranda is a definite possibility - it is definitely from somewhere in SE Qld and there's no shortage of them around here! Trying to find descriptions of jacaranda timber on the net, and people say it blunts cutting edges fast - that is certainly true of this chunk...

It feels reasonable heavy, if that's relevant.

Cheers,

Danny

[Toymaker Len]

The bark is wrong for jacaranda which has a more corky bark and a fine black line close to the wood.

[Rod Gilbert]

As to Jacaranda I have always found it to cut very well and come of the tool easily very nice to turn would never describe it to be dam hard cuts like cheese.
Regards Rod.

[JDarvall]

The bark is wrong for jacaranda which has a more corky bark and a fine black line close to the wood.

the grains wrong too for jacaranda.

[Paul39]

Hi folks,

Hoping someone can help identify some timber - if I am remembering correctly where I found it, it could be from an olive or persimmon tree, or something else entirely!

In my very limited experience it seemed pretty damn hard (to be honest, I should have stopped turning it once I realised how hard and waited to gain some experience!)...Danny

It is Tiswood, as opposed to Taintwood.:D Translation: It is wood, as opposed to It ain't wood. There is also Fog wood, as in found on ground.

I was not aware of any timber in AU that was not hard as stone and ate tools.

The way you get experience with hard wood is to turn hard wood. I think soft wood is more difficult because you will have more tear out, and it is not forgiving of less than razor sharp tools and perfect technique.

A nice looking piece with good finish. http://d1r5wj36adg1sk.cloudfront.net/images/smilies/actions/2thumbsup.gif

What is that tool gripping the piece of timber?

[chuck1]

The finished bowl looks like belah, or wilga. But all mine came without bark.

[rtyuiop]

Hmm - bit of a mystery! I think I picked it up when we were clearing some trees away at my parent's place, I will check if they have any ideas.

Paul39, it's a triton superjaws - I picked it up on a whim when it was going cheap on graysonline.com.au (seems to be part of some triton gear they are continually selling off), with added log jaws. Seems like a good bit of gear, I will probably grab another if I see it cheap!

Danny

[artme]

Not Wilga - No dark swirls in it and the bark is wrong.

Persimmon is very hard and was used to make club heads for golf wood irons. If I remember correctly
persimmon is related to Ebony.

[rtyuiop]

Decided to grab a better picture of the finished item, so posting it here in case it helps anyone make an ID (please ignore the tool marks and bad finish around the cove in the outside!):

http://rtyuiop.net/pics/workshop/dice-dish-2-web.jpg

Cheers,

Danny

[rtyuiop]

Going back and checking some photos of the family gathering to clear the block, I think it is indeed persimmon, although dai sensei is correct and the bark doesn't look quite like some other pics from around the net... There do seem to be multiple species of persimmon, I am wondering if there are differences in bark!

At any rate, it doesn't really matter... I'll call it possibly-persimmon timber!

Cheers,

Danny