Thread: Blackwood log

Originally Posted by Tim Creeper

Great fiddleback. $$$$$$. I can't wait to see if the main log is the same

Tim,i milled a Blackwood log few years ago that was aound 90cm D.B.H,and was fiddleback from top to bottom..branches down to 30 cm were riddled with the fiddle! Whilst this was an old ,hard grown paddock tree,with large spreading limbs,what reason could be given as to why even the small branches were ridiculously figured (they weren't under compression).My thoughts are that it is a genetic phenomenom...i milled a Blackwood few weeks ago that had fiddleback from top to bottom,but only in the sap margins (into the heartwood only just),i thought that was a bit strange ...MM

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

What's your current reading? The Mirror Crack'd?

You are a cruel man Brett

Hi mapleman,
That is some very fine figure. It would look great in an infill plane with the figure and the varying grain colours. Will keep an eye on your progress.
Cheers Gerry

Originally Posted by Gezawa

Hi mapleman,
That is some very fine figure. It would look great in an infill plane with the figure and the varying grain colours. Will keep an eye on your progress.
Cheers Gerry

Stay tuned Gerry...going to be some wonderful figure and colour amongst it all...MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

He might well be fiddleback all the way through artme...

Now that would be just the dizzy limit, but GREAT if it is!!!

Only spent an hour in the paddock today,got a few down though

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Here''s a small bit of the scarf off the Big dead fellow,that i found on the ground..thought i would bring it home and see what was underneath the surface of a very dirty bit of wood.....looking good

Absolutely fantastic. I have NEVER seen blackwood like it.

Originally Posted by cava

Absolutely fantastic. I have NEVER seen blackwood like it.

More pics today cava..the Blackwood around here certainly has some rich colour

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Actually,the shape of the Big ol' dead log,is not dissimilar to that of my cranium ...alas,beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Chris did you miss type that and mean "Beer Holder"

Love the cut bit I can't determine what size it is 12"x6" ?

Spent alot of time today cleaning up the headwood,lying around the paddock...still had time to drop this fellow..it had 6m of nice straight mill log(s)...MM