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12th April 2008, 03:58 PM #1
Anonymous Donation...
Anyone who knows me knows I scrounge timber and I have said to many people if you come across any timber let me know or drop it off at my place. Came home yesterday and someone had left what looks like a fence post outside the house. I used my electric handplaner to get beneath the grey and this is what I found, anyone know what it is?
HH.Always look on the bright side...
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12th April 2008, 05:32 PM #2
Dont know what it is but it would look good turned
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13th April 2008, 12:42 AM #3
How heavy is it? Looks like Cactus.
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13th April 2008, 12:47 AM #4Senior Member
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I think you're right. It's a fence post.
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13th April 2008, 12:53 AM #5
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13th April 2008, 01:59 AM #6
spotty?
everything is something, for a reason:confused:
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13th April 2008, 10:17 AM #7
I'd go with spotted gum. I am sitting in front of my coffee tablw which has legs from fenceposts and it is near identical.
Cheers,
Tom
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13th April 2008, 11:25 AM #8
That 2nd photo looks like a piece of bright shinny steel fencing wire in the middle
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13th April 2008, 01:09 PM #9Novice
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gday fellas i think its called needle wood
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13th April 2008, 01:46 PM #10
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14th April 2008, 10:06 AM #11
Very Heavy, not sure about a Cactus fence post....
I did get a 10mm splinter in my thumb whilst handling it.
The spots seem to be too uniform to be natural I was thinking maybe the staple like holes were made as part of a treatment process?
HH.Always look on the bright side...
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14th April 2008, 10:08 AM #12
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16th April 2008, 08:12 AM #13GOLD MEMBER
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How about weathered spotted gum and the little peck marks are from the feed rollers when it was originally milled ? Very nice character from the weathering.
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16th April 2008, 08:22 AM #14
G'day.
It does seem to be Spotted Gum.
The marks are produced by a roller system. years ago, When Koppers were treating sleepers and posts with creasote, they had a sintering roller system that actually put cuts into the surface of the timber to allow better penetration of the creasote into the wood. This sintering is what you are looking at.Hooroo.
Regards, Trevor
Grafton
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16th April 2008, 10:05 AM #15
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