Thread: Sheoak Wanted

Originally Posted by BobL

I reading a book on WA plants and just found out that Karri Oak is actually Casuarina decussata.

Great! Canya get me a piece?

Originally Posted by springwater

Well, after enjoying getting some sweat up hand sawing 2 blanks from the log to approximate dimensions I trimmed them to approximately 50 x 50 x 320ish on a table saw so you should be able to get 4 blanks from them. Great looking wood with the typical characteristics of Allocasuarina grain. I've been worried about them cracking and have given them a stern talking to about doing so but one has decided to misbehave and has started to crack but I don't think it'll go far the other remains solid. I've given them both 3 coats of egg shell blue acrylic paint so they look a tad bazaar, consider this like the wrapping of a present to which I think you'll enjoy getting. Now I hope that they handle the climate change they're about to endure. Posting tomorrow, good luck with them

Thanks

The Sheoak form DJ and Hazard has arrived. Thanks guys

Hi Funky
Well I went up the slope today and harvested a bit of Rose Sheoak for us.
Definitely Allocasuarina littoralis, and although only small section it has great colour and figure. I can post you the lump in the photo if you like. It's absolutely green, of course. Alternatively, we could meet up at TWW in 8 weeks. I can bring you more of this and some more black sheoak if you wanted it.

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

Hi Funky
Well I went up the slope today and harvested a bit of Rose Sheoak for us.
Definitely Allocasuarina littoralis,

In case I confused anybody reading this thread, that should be "definitely Allocasuarina torulosa".

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

In case I confused anybody reading this thread, that should be "definitely Allocasuarina torulosa".

Don't worry Wiz, Allocasuarina's seem to cause a confusing affliction to other people too, like me. Poor things don't know if they're Aurthur or Martha after someone decided they weren't what they were