Thread: Ti Tree

ti tree oil :confused:

It can make attractive outdoor furniture.
Looked at scouts spars today to see which woods split and which don't.
Ti Tree doesn't seem to split readily.
Could be a very suitable timber for green woodworking.

Never thought of the Scouts and Scubs, they could use a few new spars, bugger the Venturers though, too snotty nosed
They can buy it if they want it

Originally Posted by Iain

Never thought of the Scouts and Scubs, they could use a few new spars, bugger the Venturers though, too snotty nosed
They can buy it if they want it

TSK TSK.

TSK, is that some sort of SMS code as mentioned in another forum, as for bugger the Venturers, I am a SCout Leader, nothing to do with Venturers.
Anyway I remember the Girl Guides many moons ago in response to the Scouts Bob a Job, theirs was, Ho Ho Ho, Willing for a Shilling

hey, i saw the opening comment on the forum "what is it good for".
im currently using ti-tree on a set of chopping boards that i am making for a year 12 Major Work. i think i got lucky with the piece i picked up from trend timbers at Windsors (great timber suppliers). Great timber though, really hard, really really heavy but very true and not all that hard to work.
ive include this picture just to show u how i comes up. not to bad (this is after being joined and run through the thicknesser not sanded finely yet)
wat do u reckon??

I have seen pics somewhere of sapling furniture made from it. I even saw a couple of bent sappling chairs made from it in a better homes and gardens mag some years ago.

donna

I primarily use coastal Tea Tree in my work as I can collect it from the beach as driftwood. It would be difficult to get to a state as you have as it's so narled and twisted. Good tough wood for walking sticks and as Flynnsart says, for furniture. I have read somewhere that it was used in the old days for 'nails' in the planking of boats.

Ok I know I've posted it before but it's made of the roots of (Coastal) Tea Tree, some copper wire, some red gum and a few bells.
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Originally Posted by bazza65

hey, i saw the opening comment on the forum "what is it good for".
im currently using ti-tree on a set of chopping boards that i am making for a year 12 Major Work. i think i got lucky with the piece i picked up from trend timbers at Windsors (great timber suppliers). Great timber though, really hard, really really heavy but very true and not all that hard to work.
ive include this picture just to show u how i comes up. not to bad (this is after being joined and run through the thicknesser not sanded finely yet)
wat do u reckon??

Welcome to the Forum Bazza. You are right, it is a really nice piece of wood. I assume from your picture your board is made from two pieces joined together. If that is the case, may I commend you on the excellent job you have done of joining them and matching the grain.

Don't forget round here we like pictures so thanks for the picture and don't forget to post pics when you are finished!

Good luck with your major project and especially your year 12!

Chipman

My Great Grandfather Harry Legge and my Grandfather Richard Legge used to cut boat crooks from the curved Tea Tree roots where they go from the root up into the trunk. The crooks were used to reinforce the sides and backs of wooden boats. The grain being curved was naturaly very strong. I did hear also the aboriginals used the same sections to make boomerangs. Tea Tree is very tuff and I have heard it turns well although as yet I haven't turned any myself.

Ti tree makes excellent kitchen and food serving utensils, spatulas, spoons, salad servers etc.

Nice timber!
It is very similar to some Melaleuca species specimens I have. Unless of course you are refering to Melaleuca and not Leptospermum.

Welcome to the rathouse Bazza65.

This is some Ti tree sent to me by Shedhand. Very nice to work with, and spectacular end grain.

Ti Tree pen box

Hey Chipman,
cheers for the warm welcome.
thanks for the positive comments about my work, you were right it is two pieces 150x45 joined together.
I will post the pics as soon as im done.
thanks again.