Thread: timber sample collection

ok thanks for the comment Mike, if u get some pieces at some stage i happy to add a bit to my collection.

For my sample collection I am pretty much reliant of what species i can find locally or what samples people have sent me, just havent come across any turpentine yet.

cheeeeeers
john

I saw with interest that you require a sample of Native Olive. It is one of the rainforest trees that I grow on my farm although only in very small quantities. It is a wood that is off white but it is a very dense wood and is probably durable. This makes it an unusual wood from the rainforest. I have cut the occasional tree and I do have a few samples of it if you are still interested.

I also have some native Lignum Vitae which I suspect that you are talking about. This is a much more difficult wood to come by as the tree does not regenerate at all. It is also a durable wood and was used for fence posts and also the old stumps of it still remain as the other rainforest trees have rotted away. I have cut one of these and I probably have some samples of this as well. I might even know where there are a few dead standing trees as well.

If you are interested, and want to discuss this further, you are welcome to contact me.

thanks Bob , am interested in some lignum, have PMed you..

cheeeers
john

Just got this reply from Vernon Bunn, we had a very good swap.

G'day John,

Finished turning your samples last night with the exception of the myrtle burl - can't bring myself to blow it on an egg yet when there could be enough in it for a small fancy lidded pot. The biggest surprise of the bunch was the Paulownia - quite workable with some very interesting figure/quilting (to the left of the purpleheart). That Rose Sheoak is something special too isn't it! Lovely colour. Managed to get around the grain direction problem on the Purpleheart, Blackwood and Bloodwood OK - made for an interesting variance in the collection and tested my skills a little. Thanks again for the swap - now to make a start on the stuff I found at Dad's place!

Cheers

Vern

Wonky Woodturner

If you get that Ebook together I would like to be the first to own a copy. so put my contact details to one side for that event.
You might find when people read my reply you'll be getting a lot more contact details to put to the side (make another book. ha ha !)
I have a shed full of wood I can't put a name on or remember where I got it from. it's not really a collection, it's just there waiting to become something and probably by the time it does, wood will have the same value as gold because no one will let us cut down a tree.
Cheers Woodnstuff [email protected]

hey thanks for thr encouragement Baza I will certainly put you on the list.
At the moment the PDF project is on the backburner a bit, just busy with a few other things but I have been collecting some new samples and updating my databse list. Please find attached the current listing.

There is still a fair bit of work do, getting good scans, identifying some samples I am not sure of, compiling ID advice, getting some more technical details on each species and focusing the eventual PDF of species that woodworks generally use and are likely to come across.

Please LMK of any expectation you might have of the eventual PDF docuemnt and i will try and include them..

regards
john