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18th September 2021, 07:59 AM #1Member
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blue fig
I have access to a large blue fig log (silver quandong) about 750mm dia at butt and 10m long. I have a "lucas" style mill and was thinking of sawing this log into mostly 200x50 boards say 3m long. Any thoughts/suggestions??? Any market for this timber?
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18th September 2021, 09:09 AM #2
Your way to far for me to consider this;
but I would love to see some pics of what's under the bark, pls.
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18th September 2021, 09:31 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Popular with boat builders back in the day
Good steam bending properties
And also very stable...particularly quarter sawn
This material ideal for instrument making
Milled a bit in the past
Beware pinhole borer loves the stuff
It also has a distinctive smell
Brown Quandong is my favourite... (Eleaocarpus coorangooloo)
Good luck...looking forward to the milling pics
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18th September 2021, 10:28 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Go as wide as you can for any quarter sawn areas and remove the heartwood. Luthiers would be interested in pieces 50-60mm thick and 900-1000mm long x 300+wide.
Anything close to quarter sawn would be more desirable for anyone making furniture too. If you are going to cut it at 50 mm thick, by the time it’s resawn and put through a thicknesser it may be a bit thin for furniture.
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18th September 2021, 10:41 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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It's good stuff and well worth milling. I'd be inclined to go a bit thicker than 50mm and set the saw for 60mm. The closer your timber is to full dimension when dry the better. It makes it moe interesting to potential buyers.
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18th September 2021, 07:53 PM #6Senior Member
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At the moment I'm building a hall table with drawers from silver quondong. I came across seasoned/dry 55mm x 450mm slab (milled to 40mm legs) and some rough milled 200 x 25+mm boards locally some of which which were a bit twisted and cupped, so it was a squeeze to mill to 20 x150's. Timber is mostly a lovely pale cream, straight grained and easy to work, so overall I'm happy enough and will probably use more when wanting a pale timber. I'd say its well worth milling as suggested by others.
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19th September 2021, 07:40 AM #7Member
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Thanks to all for replies....I will mill 60 thk. as suggested and I will be able to get at least 1 full width slab from each length .
Cheers.
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19th September 2021, 08:17 AM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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This used to be the timber of choice when way back I was a cabinet maker very little movement when dry and a beautiful grain to work.
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