Thread: spotted gum with potential

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Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

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don't ya hate that

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

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Yep it does look pretty much the same.

alrighty, here's a few more off the mill, I still keep thinking spotty i've included a pic(1) of the bark further up the tree that looks more the part to be spotted gum
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pic2 is where a branch was cut and the bark and sapwood reclaimed itself. first for me
the others pics are of a head limb after i put it through the thicknesser plenty of figure but not as much as I had hoped for
any ideas what to do with this piece? bowl blanks maybe

Corr! Lovely stuff!

ok I had to do it, I nuked a piece in the microwave and threw it on the lathe, overheated it a touch so ignore the splits and tear out, but it does have nice grain.
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Yeah, very speccy stuff. The left hand side of that stick really good with the two tone. If that's just a random piece then one could justafiably expect even better occasion treasure out of that stump. Looking forward to it.

Hey guys, I reckon this is Scribbly Gum, not spotty - bark in the last round of pics did it for me (if that was spotty bark it would have shrunk and tessellated into 3" round tiles with the orange/brown colour shown in Bushmillers pics) and also the 'wave' in the timber is a deadset ringer for a bench I've made out of scribbly. Plus spotty has a very regular grain, it doesn't 'mess' around like this - didn't think it was spotty to begin with

Doesn't detract from it being purdy though

That piece looks great. Unless your going to chop the whole lot up into pen blanks & nuke em. How long will it take to dry & season for use?

Originally Posted by DSEL74

That piece looks great. Unless your going to chop the whole lot up into pen blanks & nuke em. How long will it take to dry & season for use?

Hi DSEL74, most of this I cut at 50mm thick, given its density I think I will allow at least 3 years. But I will check it's moisture content in about 2 years. Some I will cut as bowl blanks and the offcuts into pen blanks, which hopefully can be used sooner,

Not sure how to reply with multiple quotes sorry peoples,
Sigidi - You could be correct, Scribbly was on my list of possibilities also, How long does the bark of spotty take to crack up after felling the tree?

Thanks all for looking

Originally Posted by shedbound

Not sure how to reply with multiple quotes sorry peoples,

Simply click on the symbol as pointed out in the attached image of each post you want to quote.

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thanks DJ

Last post promise, here's the finished article, CA finish sanded to 2000 w&d as I dont have any MM.

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Certainly some great fiddle in that piece