A friend of mine who owns about two hundred acres down near Foul Bay, Southern Yorke Peninsula, S.A., has offerred me three large old, long time dead Sheoaks, all of which are still standing, as they are very well protected from the wind by numerous other living trees.
Questions; - ( 1 ) How thin can Sheoak be sawn length-ways without it splitting, & / or cracking ? ( I have seen Sheoak slices cut, & polished over the years )
( 2 ) Sheoak Roots, & Stumps,- ( yes I can have the entire trees ), How useable are these sections for woodturning, slicing & polishing, etc ??

All three are in Sandy soil, therefore there should NOT be any stones, or rocks enbedded in the stumps !!!!

( 3 ) Platypus Gum,- same friend also has several LARGE tipped-over stumps of this too, - I got the top sections for firewood, ( except for several nice straight limbs which had a," minor diversion," into my workshop,- very nicely grained timber when sliced lengthways !!! ) Are these Stumps any good for anything other than firewood ?

( 4 ) Boxthorn, ( of all things ), - Not, " little critters," by any means either ),-
Limb size about the diameter of a man's wrist. Years ago I knew of an old Farmer who used this stuff to make his own Hammer handles; Pick handles, Axe handles, etc, as Large Boxthorn limbs are darn near unbreakable. It is also tricky stuff to work,- one can cut it, sand it, but NOT plane it as it as has a firry, inter-twined grain pattern to it.
Am considering getting some Boxthorn Limb sections too when I collect the Sheoaks, and bring it back to, " play with. " ( minus the very prickly thorns !!! ).

Comments, thoughts, and ideas always welcome,
Roger