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  1. 29th December 2015, 10:59 PM #1
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    And we's back cutting hardwood again.
    Hard Wood.
    Bloody Hard to saw Wood...
    Hard to dry Wood.
    Hard to dress Wood when the time comes.

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    Hard to sell because well... it doesn't have the name recognition of some of the more frequently sawn flooring species. Timber snobbery at its finest.

    Pack after pack and all looking like that...
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  3. 30th December 2015, 08:29 AM #2
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    That is gorgeous!!! What is it??
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  4. 30th December 2015, 09:04 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    That is gorgeous!!! What is it??

    Awww c'mon... I left you enough clues.
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    Given your location and the repeated "Hard Wood" it wouldn't be Jonhstone River Hardwood by any chance?
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    Well it looks like curly Red Box or Brush Box, but I'm not too sure that you would have that up your way.

    In any case, it looks like excellent flooring material, apart from anything else.
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    I am not a timber snob so would gladly accept some regardless of its name.
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  8. 30th December 2015, 09:56 AM #7
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    Bateman's bay to Cooktown : ie its not some obscure rainforest species youre unlikely to ever sea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John.G View Post
    Bateman's bay to Cooktown : ie its not some obscure rainforest species youre unlikely to ever sea.
    Please sir huh, huh, can I answer!

    It looks good John!
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  10. 30th December 2015, 02:46 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    Please sir huh, huh, can I answer!

    It looks good John!
    Now that might be a double edged sword: get it right and it might be considered cheating, and there be no excuses for getting it wrong seeing how it was piled all over the yard last month.
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    spotted gum or qldmaple
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    I am guessing Turpentine.

    Do you send me a cubic metre for free if I am right?

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  13. 31st December 2015, 07:07 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by doug3030 View Post
    I am guessing Turpentine.

    Do you send me a cubic metre for free if I am right?

    Cheers

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    We have a winner!!!

    The poor old... only good for wharf piles... Turpentine tree.
    or in this case the... Didn't quite make wharf piles... Leftovers.

    interesting stuff. F27. Lyctids don't bother it, termite resistant, class1above ground, class 3 in ground, class 1marine, which is an unusual combination. Regarded as the best marine piling timber in the world - tougher then teak. Exceeds AS whatever the number for fire retardant specifications without fire retardant treatment - can't even burn the stuff.

    Used to be favored for dance floors because the fine grain even where it's interlocked means it takes a polish well.

    can be full of silica- this site ain't too bad but I've tried to saw it from other places and walked away in disgust. Serious shrinkage... Out to 13% tangential and associated collapse requiring steam reconditioning.

    AKA red luster... That sounds better I guess.

    my love hate relationship with this timber grows stronger every time I saw it. It might be making some of the best floorboards I've ever seen but it's still a bastard to work with.
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  14. 31st December 2015, 08:50 AM #13
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    A species whose existence had escaped my mind!!

    Haven't seen any Turp - new anyway - for years! Since I was a teenager actually!

    Thanks for the reminder!
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    Photos of John at work not quite but of interest as they are historic images from the Townsville CC historic image collection from the area John is working now.
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    Ah! those were the days
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

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