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weisyboy
1st February 2008, 08:00 PM
no not me this bowl.
i am not sure of the timber but it was soft and almost rubbery. it turned well and came to a nice shine easily. it had bark mutch like jackaranda.
all i know is it is one beautiful timber and i would like to get more if only i knew what it is.
please help:U
ss_11000
1st February 2008, 08:43 PM
cool:2tsup:
weisyboy
1st February 2008, 09:05 PM
yer i know but what is it
ss_11000
1st February 2008, 09:16 PM
wood:?
weisyboy
1st February 2008, 09:24 PM
yer but what type?:doh:
ss_11000
1st February 2008, 09:32 PM
the tree type? log? twig:?
weisyboy
1st February 2008, 09:37 PM
its like talking to a stump.:q
if you dont know what it is then at least have a guess.
funkychicken
1st February 2008, 09:39 PM
the tree type? log? twig:?
No you fool! It's obviously the type that grows out of the ground! :D
ss_11000
1st February 2008, 09:44 PM
sorry. i thought the lathe got skin cancer or somethin and thats the virus lol
i'll be serious.
i rekon i dont know or have any idea.:D
sorry dude
ss_11000
1st February 2008, 09:45 PM
No you fool! It's obviously the type that grows out of the ground! :D
of course. its so simple:2tsup:
artme
1st February 2008, 11:35 PM
Not some type of ficus species? Where did you get it?:?:?
weisyboy
2nd February 2008, 07:54 AM
it was cut up in to blocks by a local tree lopper so no leaves.:doh:
it came from the wesurn suberbs are.
the bark looks like tipuana.
whae it was green the smaller peices (100mm-25mm thick) would bend. it has gone hard now thow.
hughie
2nd February 2008, 08:20 PM
ahhh! The perils of being a wood scavenger, or a wood lopper groupy :U
I have more of this unknown stuff than I care to admit...sigh. Buts its great to turn, sorta like a lucky dip :D