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  1. 9th October 2012, 09:16 PM #1
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    Default Bandmilling Black wattle(Sally wattle){Acacia Salicina}

    Had the chance a while ago to mill a Sally wattle tree that came down in storm. This tree is a pest up here but I love the timber, It mills Well,is easy to work with woodworking tools and takes a finish well, it' only drawback is it is hard to find long straight sections, without twist.Anyway here are the photos. The one on the mill has some interesting colour, this was from the butt of the tree. I suspect it is some sort of Fungi that produced the red Colour.

    I cut this on my Homemade Bandmill using a 1"1/4 Woodmaster B Bi metal blade, It seems to work well on the Outback Timbers, I have Just cut some Yellowjacket,Silver Wattle, and Qld Myrtle the Local Wood Group collected on a recent trip out west, I will post the Photo's when I download them off the camera.

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  6. 11th October 2012, 10:08 PM #5
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    Nearly! Its the Petrol FE35 the one with the Gold Motor and Grey Bonnet, I salvaged this from the Dump with no Wheels and split in half at the Gearbox, I have put it back together using scavenged parts, the Wheels and Rims are from a International B414.
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    I got an fe35 too. Red turning pink, never missed a beat and sexy to boot. Damien.
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    Jon

    The Black Wattle comes up really well.

    In your picture of the chest the right hand side looks to be curved. Is that correct or is it a camera distortion. Either way in the pic it looks interesting. I assume that particular chest was made from a previous batch of Black Wattle.

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    Default Black Wattle

    On the subject of "Black Wattle" I was scratching my head on the latin name of Acacia Salicina as I had thought "Black Wattle" was Acacia Decurrens. So I did a little research and it transpires that quite a few acacias use the term "Black Wattle," including Salicina and Decurrens.

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    All these are known some where as Black Wattle:
    Acacia aulacocarpa
    Acacia auriculiformis
    Acacia celsa
    Acacia concurrens
    Acacia crassicarpa
    Acacia decurrens
    Acacia hakeoides
    Acacia implexa
    Acacia leiocalyx
    Acacia mabellae
    Acacia mangium
    Acacia mearnsii
    Acacia melanoxylon
    Acacia neriifolia
    Acacia plectocarpa
    Acacia stenophylla
    Callicoma serratifolia
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Jon

    The Black Wattle comes up really well.

    In your picture of the chest the right hand side looks to be curved. Is that correct or is it a camera distortion. Either way in the pic it looks interesting. I assume that particular chest was made from a previous batch of Black Wattle.

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    The end of the chest is curved as I left the Natural edge on the boards, the photo below shows it much clearer as it is taken from the Right hand side. the chest is made from an earlier tree. There is a lot of Black wattle around me, so I am always listening out for a Chainsaw in the neighbourhood. The Tree loppers are happy for someone to take the Trunk away as it saves them having to cut it up and chip it.

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    Thanks Jon for the clarification. Again, nice job .

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    That is some beautiful timber!! Lucky you!!

    The chest/box is outstanding!!
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    im after some gunstock blanks , they have to be cut right and about 1m x 200 tapering to 70 and about 70 thick [email protected] if any chance of getting some?
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    Great looking timber and chest
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    Some pretty amazing wood from what is considered a 'pest'!
    For the sake of my sanity, why is it a 'pest'? Fast spreading by root or something?



    A+ on the box too! What kind of size am I looking at?







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