What wood is this?

[Boatmik]

An American chap from the international PDRacer forum has a sample of wood that is reputed to be OZ.

It was sold to him as "Australian Lacewood". Is this fishtail oak? I don't know my woods well enough.

Thankyou
Michael

[Christopha]

Looks like Silky Oak (Grevillea Robusta) to me.

[bitingmidge]

Yep, Silky Oak (Grevillea Robusta).

It's often called lacewood in the US.

(He's no slouch that Christopha Bloke)

P
:D

[journeyman Mick]

Either southern silky oak (Grevillea robusta) or Northern Silky Oak (Cardwellia Sublimis) My bet is on the northern as I don't think there's that much southern milled commercially and I do know of at least one mill up here cutting from private forestry that exports all of their stuff. That said, there's a south american timber which looks identical and is even imported into Australia as it's more readily available.

Mick