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Thread: Pretty Paulownia
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25th September 2014, 09:05 PM #1
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Pretty Paulownia
Scored 3 old Paulownias the other day that were growing too close to a local Homestead...and started milling straight away...absolutely beautiful stuff...displays many colours and has nice fiddleback too....the boards pictured are quarter sawn...MM
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25th September 2014, 09:22 PM #2
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Well THAT should be a bit better on the old back - better than lugging all that hardwood around!
As you say - nice colours and textures.
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25th September 2014, 09:40 PM #3
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Ooooh yeah...MM
Originally Posted by FenceFurniture
Well THAT should be a bit better on the old back - better than lugging all that hardwood around!
As you say - nice colours and textures.Mapleman
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25th September 2014, 10:10 PM #4
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25th September 2014, 10:20 PM #5
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Chop Chop...MM Originally Posted by goodwoody
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26th September 2014, 01:08 AM #6
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pretty. Shame the stuffs so soft.
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26th September 2014, 10:24 AM #7
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I've warned you before about your posts!
I've now damaged another keybord, can't control the drooling!regards
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21st October 2014, 10:46 AM #8
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Here's a cross cut slab i milled a few days ago...this timber seasons at a remarkable rate with very little degrade...MM
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24th October 2014, 10:28 PM #9
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Fortunaie or Tormentosa? Was it a backyard log because for paulonia the\at tree did it hard in its younger days
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25th October 2014, 10:45 AM #10
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It was a backyard tree that had most likely done it tough during its growing years...it was growing in fairly hard ground Originally Posted by nifty
...not sure of the species though...MM
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26th October 2014, 07:49 AM #11
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From the photos in the original post it doesn't look like a Fortunaie. I don't know what the bark on the other species look like so can't identify this tree. Originally Posted by nifty
WhitewoodLast edited by whitewood; 26th October 2014 at 07:50 AM. Reason: Correct spelling
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27th October 2014, 09:04 AM #12
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Looking at the bark it has to be Tormentosa...MM Originally Posted by nifty
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