Thread: Milling some Jacaranda

Crotch piece looks amazing Chris

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Crotch piece looks amazing Chris

Cheers Ray.some nice colours and fiddleback..crotch sections always seem to deliver the tasty stuff..MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

crotch sections always seem to deliver the tasty stuff..MM

Hmmmmm.. Tasty and crotch not two words usually used together but in this case very justified

Sensational pieces once again MM, you sure can pick em.

cheers
WH

looks good.

I milled up some last year and its all seasoned pretty well. waxed the ends and the feature bits and stood on ends in a dry cool spot. Down to just under 20% now. Its cracked up little.

One thing I found was important was to stop mould with plenty of ventilation. I was so afraid of ending up with ugly mould stains that I bought some cheap fans and ran them constantly accross them for the first few weeks, which turned out to be a good call because the ones that didn't get fanned developed mould.

Was worried of the electricity cost of having half a dozern fans running constantly but as I've been told, it turns out fans are exceptionally economical. Something like 2c a day (or is it an hour ? ) . Either way I thought it was worth it rather than end up with a white timber with an ugly deep mould problem.

Heres a few more pics..MM

Originally Posted by apricotripper

looks good.

I milled up some last year and its all seasoned pretty well. waxed the ends and the feature bits and stood on ends in a dry cool spot. Down to just under 20% now. Its cracked up little.

One thing I found was important was to stop mould with plenty of ventilation. I was so afraid of ending up with ugly mould stains that I bought some cheap fans and ran them constantly accross them for the first few weeks, which turned out to be a good call because the ones that didn't get fanned developed mould.

Was worried of the electricity cost of having half a dozern fans running constantly but as I've been told, it turns out fans are exceptionally economical. Something like 2c a day (or is it an hour ? ) . Either way I thought it was worth it rather than end up with a white timber with an ugly deep mould problem.

Winter is probably the best time to be milling the stuff then..less rain and lower humidity levels MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Winter is probably the best time to be milling the stuff then..less rain ...

I think someone forgot to tell the weatherman .

The owner of the site at Rosebank I have been going to told me they got 7" last week Yesterday was the first day without rain for 3 weeks, but it is going to take quite a few more sunny days before it dries out enough to get a load out , and the forecast is for more rain from mid next week

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Winter is probably the best time to be milling the stuff then..less rain and lower humidity levels MM

the impression I've got, unlike other timbers, is it doesn't matter so much when it was milled ( I milled my stuff in summer) if under cover somewhere.... just trying to say that I think mould is more of an issue. (fans) Seems like wet jacaranda picks up mould very quickly. One day nothing. Next morning a whole surface of a slabs green sort of thing... Anycase, good luck with it.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

more rain from mid next week

more rain

Nearly finished this wonderfull old Jacaranda...even the small branches revealed intense fiddleback..final pics this arvo..MM

Heres a few pics...MM

Some outstanding figure there Chris. Pics 3 & 4 showing Fiddleback that I would regard as Quilting (i.e. pronounced FB which goes really 3D when moved in front of the eyes).

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Some outstanding figure there Chris. Pics 3 & 4 showing Fiddleback that I would regard as Quilting (i.e. pronounced FB which goes really 3D when moved in front of the eyes).

Cheers Brett..your right about some of it being quilted ..and to think it was going to be chipped for mulch..glad you like it.. MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

..and to think it was going to be chipped for mulch.

It would have been criminal to chip such lovely timber. Glad you saw the potential in it MM

cheers
WH