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  1. 7th October 2012, 05:24 PM #1
    Dengue
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    Default Is this black wattle?

    Hi, a couple of years ago I bought some scrap timber from an NQ sawmiller and finally got around to dressing it, but have forgotten the name. My wife thinks the sawmiller said it was black wattle, but it doesn't look like it in the reference books I have looked at. It is quite a hard timber too.

    Can anyone please suggest what it might be?



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  3. 7th October 2012, 05:52 PM #2
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    looks like it to me, but i'm more familiar with the southern blackwood(acacia melanoxylon)
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    Kooks a lot like the black wattle slabs I have sitting here.
    It is beautiful to work with,comes up to a very smooth finish.
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    Looks very like black wattle, except for the white flecks - which suggest might be black bean?
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  6. 7th October 2012, 11:17 PM #5
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    blackbean for sure
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    Quote Originally Posted by chowcini View Post
    blackbean for sure
    +1 the grain is consistent with Black Bean. Nice to turn / work but can have some nasty splintering at times. Splinters hurt more than most too!
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  8. 13th October 2012, 12:48 PM #7
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    Another +1 for Blackbean. Be careful when working it, many people are extremely allergic, not me but our club president was carted off in an ambulance
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