Thread: Australian Desert Hardwoods - where can I buy some??

Loggerheads

http://www.loggerheads.com.au/

djalimari in WA

http://www.djarilmari.com/

some of the mainstream suppliers like Lazarides in Brisbane or Trends Timbers in Sydney, they will be some suppliers in Melbourne,

http://www.timberlinedesigns.com.au
http://www.mathewstimber.com.au/

just gotta find em. Also check the wood shows.

Have you got a chainsaw

Thanks Reeves - have given Rick over at Djarilmari a call - he's got some stuff I might be interested in. Its called grasbyi (miniritchi) and a.inceana (no common name). Both closely related to the Mulga.
These woods are priced at $10/kg + GST in split log form. The price would rise to $20/kg + GST for squared blocks.

How do these prices compare with similar timbers over east?

Thanks

Richard

Originally Posted by ricgstevens

Thanks Reeves - have given Rick over at Djarilmari a call - he's got some stuff I might be interested in. Its called grasbyi (miniritchi) and a.inceana (no common name). Both closely related to the Mulga.
These woods are priced at $10/kg + GST in split log form. The price would rise to $20/kg + GST for squared blocks.

How do these prices compare with similar timbers over east?

Thanks

Richard

probaby compare evenly with well dried and prepared wood from a major supplier, to 10 -20 a kilo is the higher end of the price syndrome. Desert woods are pretty heavy as well. Often used for smaller stuff like knife handles, boxes, finials, small turnings etc. That price is a bit expensive on the 'bushwood' market but suppliers have various overheads to cover.

I recall getting a sample box for $100 from djalimari and it all sorts of interesting bits and pieces in it, about 20 species. Probably worth asking for a range of species in sample form so you can just check em out. From memory i got, salmon gum burl, flammed jarrah, black mulga, jarrah burl, flamed marri, curly wandoo, lace sheok, snappy gum, york gum burl, red malle burl and a few others.

... and check out the ads in Aust Wood Review. There are one or two remote suppliers of desert timbers who advertise there.

Added: just took a look. Only one clearly in this category not mentioned above. Outback Hardwoods Australia. [email protected]

not the brazilian sort...
"somebody" pm'd me and said purpleheart was "Needle wood"
I did a wide search on Google and didn;t come up with much except a reference to 'desert oak' and sp Hakea - saying that pink\deep pink\purple wood found in sp of Hakea...
apparently Hakea is a spiny\thorned bush - 3 to 4 M high
various types.. sericia etc
Some reference too to Acacia as being a source of purpleheart...
But nothing definitive...
My (local) knowledge of purpleheart points to sp acacia... but some locals here reckon that purpleheart is gidgee...
many contenders...
cheers
Jedo

Originally Posted by Jedo_03

not the brazilian sort...
"somebody" pm'd me and said purpleheart was "Needle wood"
I did a wide search on Google and didn;t come up with much except a reference to 'desert oak' and sp Hakea - saying that pink\deep pink\purple wood found in sp of Hakea...
apparently Hakea is a spiny\thorned bush - 3 to 4 M high
various types.. sericia etc
Some reference too to Acacia as being a source of purpleheart...
But nothing definitive...
My (local) knowledge of purpleheart points to sp acacia... but some locals here reckon that purpleheart is gidgee...
many contenders...
cheers
Jedo

I have a piece of Acacia Carnei which I thought was also called 'Dead Finish' or 'Purple Wattle Wood' .
It is the purple piece on the right.



The one below is Acacia Havilandi or 'Havilands Wattle' or 'Needle Wattle'.....beautiful desert timbers.

Originally Posted by Jedo_03

not the brazilian sort...
"somebody" pm'd me and said purpleheart was "Needle wood"
I did a wide search on Google and didn;t come up with much except a reference to 'desert oak' and sp Hakea - saying that pink\deep pink\purple wood found in sp of Hakea...
apparently Hakea is a spiny\thorned bush - 3 to 4 M high
various types.. sericia etc
Some reference too to Acacia as being a source of purpleheart...
But nothing definitive...
My (local) knowledge of purpleheart points to sp acacia... but some locals here reckon that purpleheart is gidgee...
many contenders...
cheers
Jedo

Depends where you live! In Central Qld they call archidendropsis basaltica 'Dead Finish' and according to a DPI book I have, it's also known as 'Purple needle wood'. Was my favorite wood here until I found 'Purple Gidgee' (acacia crombiei) and the very small piece I recently had the pleasure of working is beautiful!! Currently trying to track down some more - looks like a trip further west to get it soon!!

Tree to c. 10 m high. An uncommon species occurring in small isolated populations from near Muttaburra, N of Longreach to Elmore Stn N of Richmond, in central Qld.
Heartwood contains peltogynoids which were previously thought restricted to subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Richard, have you read this thread?http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=50607