Timber sugestions

[weisyboy]

i am going to make a 40 year clander and would like sugestions on what australian timbers i could use.

it needs to be fairly heavy even in small quantities and have a nice grain.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Umm... what's a clander? :confused: Do you mean a calendar?

[Auzzie turner]

Massacer ebony:D

[Stuart]

Umm... what's a clander? :confused: Do you mean a calendar?
I'm still trying to work out what an imber is :p

[ozwinner]

Dont you blokes read Drunkesse?

Al :confused:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I speak it fluently. Can't understand a word of it, though. :D

[Cliff Rogers]

I can read reading, I can't read writing. :rolleyes:

Crow's Ash flindersia australis is (or can be) heavy with a nice grain.

[RETIRED]

I'm still trying to work out what an imber is :p
Fixed.:cool:

[Hickory]

i am going to make a 40 year clander .....

CALENDAR ??? Is that what you are wanting to make?

http://scientificsonline.com/images/250/30554-37.JPG

[weisyboy]

CALENDAR ??? Is that what you are wanting to make?

http://scientificsonline.com/images/250/30554-37.JPG

yep thats it.

so i cant spel (i dont even know how to spel spel)

there are lots of typos in others work to stop pickiong on me:(

[tashammer]

weisyboy do you have dyslexia? (serious question).

myrtle can be quite weighty.

[OGYT]

Tasmanian Rosewood... beautiful stuff, turns very well, finishes well.
Just a suggestion. :o)

[tashammer]

Tasmanian Rosewood = myrtle

[OGYT]

Thanks, Tashammer... didn't know that.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Heavyish Aussie woods, eh? Redgum pops straight to mind. :D

But if you want some really heavy woods, look at our desert timbers. Boree, Brigalow, Doolan, to name a few. Heavy, fine grained, very hard on tools but they take a glorious finish. :) Most tend to be dark heartwoods with a very light, creamy sapwood. (Like Dead Finish, if you've already come across that.)