Thread: Forest Trees of Australia (for Sumu)

Does anyone know of an online source of info on timber for woodworking?

Sumu came up with a good timber list on the Victortorian woodworkers site the other day but I don't know that it was much more than just a list. Other than that its usually books.

Hello Claw Hama,

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Hey Sumu, this is the book I said I had. Great book lots of information on lots of Australias trees. I sure lots of others on the forum would like it too.

"Forest Trees of Australia" Fifth Edition, by CSIRO Publishing.
I keep it on the shelf in the workshop.

Thanks Claw, that seems to be the one . It can be purchased via Amazon.

BTW, the book seems to be not too badly reputed. It is announced there that 12 other acknowledged books are known to cite this one. The Total amount of citations in forestry related and other timber tech papers and such is probably 12 multiplied by some reasonably large whole number.

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The Victorian Wood Workers Association keep their species listing here:
http://www.vwa.org.au/list_ta_abc.htm

Their Timber Supplier listing is here (have I been browsing those ):
http://www.vwa.org.au/list_timbven.htm

kippis,

sumu

And Sumu it has my official Claw of approval, I find it a must for the workshop.

Follow the links, find the gold. lol
http://www.tastimber.tas.gov.au/species.aspx
Just what i was looking for. Thanks Sumu

The trouble with these type of websites is that they mostly don't have a picture of the tree
If I grab a hunk of timber from a tree which has fallen down in the local park, a decent database of tree + bark + leaf + flower photos would help enormously in attempting to find out what the heck it is that I salvaged

Get the book dusty, as long as you're after natives.

This is a series of books which are great for the identification of Eucalypts and Corymbias. Lots of pics and descriptions. http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/18/pid/2283.htm There are three of them, each for a different area. I dont own a copy of them but have had a good look through one of them and would love one.

Donna

Thanks heaps Donna and Claw
I'll see if I can borrow from local library then maybe make appropriate hints for father's day [which is only 3 months away for those that need reminding]
But I see it isn't exactly cheap but then what is
cheers

dusty (I like that)