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    Default Amoora any good?

    Hi All,

    I am looking at building a large bookcase (2.4m x 3m) and I was considering using Armoora. I was just after some feedback on this timber.

    I like the color, I was just wondering how people have found working with it? How does it compare to say Karri or Jarrah?

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    Hi Joe

    Some info here on Amoora
    http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/13211.html
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    G'day.

    Also called Pacific Cedar (maple) by some.

    I have a little bit of it. I've made a small platter/bowl out of it.
    It has amazing grain in one direction & dead bland in the other.
    I can't remember which is which but it is almost translucent/silver on one angle of the side grain (I think) & kind of pale liver grey on the rest & dull on end grain.

    Are you old enough to remember a boiled lolly called a 'bullseye'?
    If so, do you remember how the light played tricks on it as you rotated it?
    Same sheyet but in wood.

    It would make nice cabinet timber if if was all cut so the grain was at it's best.
    Last edited by Cliff Rogers; 22nd February 2005 at 11:46 PM. Reason: cedar, maple, you know what I mean....
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    What Cliff said. Also I believe it is called "Poor Man's Walnut" in Malaysia.
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    Hi Joe,

    I've made a few tables out of this, it machines quite well and finishes well too, you should have a really nice cabinet when finished.

    cheers,
    kev

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    It is east to work and finish and is stable in service but is a bit weak for making chairs or other "stressed" items.

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    Thanks all, seems like its worth checking out.

    Joe

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    sorry about the late reply Joe,

    my daughter (who I can admit to you guys (only) is a better woodworker than I ...) made a large coffee table out of amoora. Under the glass is a working N guage train set so you can see that it really is LARGE. All of the comments about its light reflecting properties are correct and the table is always a talking point (even if because it takes up half of the room!).

    It worked very well with both hand and machine tools and appears to be stable in service. The original timber came from the Mullumbimby Timber Slab Works (g'day Kenny) and the quantity was topped up from Mathews at St Marys as the table and cutting list grew.
    Thoroughly recommended,
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