Thread: Cape York Ironwood - What is it?

I'm just getting my clobber together and then I'll hit the road, pick up the trailer from Dj's, and head out your way - be there abvout 12:00

Here are some photos of the slabs.

Most are in good condition with only one showing any noticeable voids. Most have some form of splitting of the end and some light surface checking as to be expected with slabs.

I planed up a small area and it does have a nice tight red figure. Many boards have a fiddle back figure. A few board have burn marks on some edges, probable suffered from a brush fire before being felled.

I can definitely confirm that this is Cooktown Ironwood.

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Cool.
I'll try to make some arrangements in the next few days to pick the stuff up.
Thanks TS.
Kevin

It is almost 1 p.m., and no sign of Waldo, hoping he has not taken a wrong turn.

He did take a few wrong turns, took the wrong right into Barkly St, and his clock on the Mac is an hour behind, so that's why he was an hour late.

And I can confirm the timber is damn heavy, about to go and load it all bar two slabs off the trailer.

After unloading them off the trailer, would you believe I look like this now?



I feel like a after all that, but it lonely driniking by yourself.

Anyway why I was posting here. I haven't taken any favouritism with the slabs, I unloaded mine first and they were just what happened to be on top of the pile. First come best dressed with what Thumbsucker got delivered.

what are people gonna make with their ironwood?

Dunno, I'll wait for an idea to come to me, I might yet use it in a cabinet I'm making, that'd be the 3rd idea change for some of the timber I'm using in it.

Funny thing, SWMBO asked exactly that.

Originally Posted by haosiliu235

what are people gonna make with their ironwood?

Another timber stack.

Originally Posted by haosiliu235

what are people gonna make with their ironwood?

• 12 Wooden Hand Planes for my D2 Plane Blades
• 2 Chair Devils
• A full set of chisel handles for some chisels I want to make
• A piece of Furniture
• Tools, Tools, and more Tools
• However most of it will be spared for when I go back to school

cool!I'll probably (attempt) to make a wooden plane but the rest will probably go into the furniture that I'll be making in tue future

my father was thinkin of exporting cape york iron wood to china because it is such a strong timbe. inron wood is amazing ly heavy.

I ve got complete trees of Cooktown iron wood from Cooktown, I'm only 350km from the place (150 km by the crow), any takers in future.

Shayne