Thread: Robinia

Hi to you all,
So it is 8 yrs. old, duzzen matta ???.
So if Robina is called Black Locust, well down here in the Geelong Area Vic. it is also called " False Acacia ". Those boards are exactly the same as I had, some time ago.
The owner of the wood did not know what he had & used it for fire wood. Yeah, I could have burnt him.
Great to turn, great colours, & able to get a great finish.
It will be interesting to see if it is called " F A " elsewhere.

Originally Posted by issatree

Hi to you all,
So it is 8 yrs. old, duzzen matta ???.
So if Robina is called Black Locust, well down here in the Geelong Area Vic. it is also called " False Acacia ". Those boards are exactly the same as I had, some time ago.
The owner of the wood did not know what he had & used it for fire wood. Yeah, I could have burnt him.
Great to turn, great colours, & able to get a great finish.
It will be interesting to see if it is called " F A " elsewhere.

I'm willing to bet it is. It may have even been called that before it received its binomial name, hence why they went with pseudoacacia as the species.

Well, I do feel bad now, however the trees were only pretty small in diameter, I was told that it's pretty normal for Golden Robinias to only survive about 10yrs.

A friend's were the same, 10-11yrs then the borer holes start to appear.

I may have to cut a piece but I don't think it will look like the other pieces in the thread, pretty sure all the colour is around the heartwood.

Well, I thought when cutting the tree the darkness on the growth rings was to do with contacting the saw blade(I'm no lumberjack so I have no idea) but it seems I was wrong.

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