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Thread: Old Red gum fence posts
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30th April 2008, 01:05 PM #1
Old Red gum fence posts
G'day all, I had a ute full of old redgum fence posts given to me about a month ago , mainly firewood quality but found a few that are too good to burn.
I decided this morning to cut one up and see how it looked.
This is the post before cutting
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After cutting off the bit that has been in the ground for maybe 20 years and the bit with the nails in it ,it was off to the jointer.
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Then to the bandsaw and cut 20 mm slices , jointing the face after each cut.
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After slicing and thicknessing I ended up with 3 boards 170 x 18 x 950 and one 170 x 30 x 950 all nice and straight.
Ya gotta love recycling!
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The plan is to make some sort of a jewelry box for my daughter , but have not got a plan yet.
Just thought you may be interested, cheers StevenThe hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
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30th April 2008, 01:21 PM #2
I am green with envy
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30th April 2008, 01:31 PM #3
Nice way to reuse those fence posts!!!!
My guess is the jewelery box will look better than the fence ever did....If you are never in over your head how do you know how tall you are?
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30th April 2008, 02:40 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Very nice. Lucky bugger.
Bob
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30th April 2008, 02:43 PM #5Senior Member
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They are beautiful, and to think I have been burning all mine, but then again I don't have the equipment to recycle.
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30th April 2008, 03:27 PM #6
That is beautiful timber. Can't wait to see the jewelry box you make out of it.
Cheers.
Vernon.
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30th April 2008, 06:39 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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A good find
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30th April 2008, 08:02 PM #8
Man, I've seriously got to do some work on tuning my band saw properly, because there is no way I can get it to cut like that - particularly 20 year old redgum.
Congrats on the recycling project -I always find it very satisfying to knock something up out of materials which have been discarded or rejected. Looking forward to the box WIP.
WayneDon't Just Do It.... Do It HardenFast!!
Regards - Wayne
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30th April 2008, 08:13 PM #9Senior Member
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Top Job Steve
what size blade and amount of teeth was it on your band saw please.
I have the same ideas. One piece i dressed all round turned out to be birds eye grain. lucky find as they were painted. Who knows.
I also have some Purple hearted cypress that is purple through but about in inch of white around the edges. I may mill these using the band saw as well. I also have some Norfolk Pine to do the same.
I have been wondering how it would work with the band saw. I also have machines to straighten them etc.
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JAMC
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30th April 2008, 11:36 PM #10
I reckon it is rubbish wood
but will help with the freight cost to my place to feed my bbq
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1st May 2008, 08:41 AM #11
G'day Jarrahrules The saw is a Jet 18" and the blade is 1" 1.3 tpi, very dentaly challenged. A very savage blade but ideal for this application.
Check it out.
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Cheers StevenThe hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
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2nd May 2008, 06:58 PM #12
Confused
Now in WA there is a Timber I know as Marri but everyone over here calls it Red Gum for some reason. I that is something like what I know red gum is so why in WA do people know a pale wood with sap viens in as Red Gum.
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3rd May 2008, 11:25 AM #13GOLD MEMBER
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Steven,
The secret is out. I've been robbing my son's woodpile for about a year now. But there are some downsides to using the redgum:
* its' as hard as b*&^%ery- your saw blades won't say thank you
* SWMBO can always tell if you have been 'pottering'- there's red dust everywhere, and
* if it's been a fence post there is a 3% chance that one of them is going to have a bullet in them from a gun totin' farmer's son. I found a 303 in one.
Graham
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3rd May 2008, 01:01 PM #14
Red Gum!!! you lucky lucky son of a gun!!! My all time faviourite timber. *sigh*
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3rd May 2008, 01:40 PM #15
Had a chat to a bloke last night who cuts firewood part time and said he will get as much redgum as I want. He has a property with plenty of dead trees so I think I had better get really friendly with him
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