Thread: Help - Australian wood wanted!

I got all excited when I saw the (VA) in your location, thinking it was Virginia USA. I could have dropped it off on my next visit. Nah, not coming to Italy.
But I sure can help with some of the samples you require.
BTW, Maple Silkwood is very common, nearly as available as Qld Maple.
Brown Salwood, very common,
Conkerberry, common,
Rgds,
Crocy.

Thank you very much, Crocy!
Yes, Italy is a bit far from Queensland
Take your time to see what you can find
If you have pieces from different logs/sources of the same species it is really useful!
Paolo

Hi Paulo, I can help with some samples too. I am away from home at the moment, but will see what I can find next week. Will definitely have some bits of Cooktown Ironwood plus a few others..

I can do some Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), Red Cedar (Toona australis -> Toona ciliata), Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) and perhaps Buloke/Bull-oak (Allocasuarina luehmannii). I also have some of our local Sheoak/She-oak but don't know its species (Allocasuarina ?)

Do you have any preferences for grain orientation on the face ... quarter sawn, etc?

I would be happy to contribute where I can
Is 40mm the minimum width?
Log Dog

Hi Paulo

Mate, you know I'm going to send you some wood but I thought I'd just let you know what I can put into a package.

Silky oak
Red Cedar
Queensland Maple
Australian Blackwood
Sheoak
Mango
Tasmanian Myrtle
Brown Salwood (extremely common here and stunning timber. Very suceptible to fungal attack and don't really grown much past 30years)
Swamp Mahogany
Grey Ironbark
Forest Red Gum
Flooded Gum
Melaleuca
Crows Ash
Brigalow (Love to work with this. Smells like violets when worked on)
Bollywood
Macadamia
Cacoa
Black Bean

There's probably some more but can't recall at this stage.

I think that's about it. I'll let you know when I'm preparing it and how much it's going to cost for freight. Naturally all samples will be provided free of charge.

Cheers

Thanks everybody.
Everything you mentioned is completely unavailable here, so this would really be great!
There is no preference in tems of flatsawn vs quartersawn.
And yes, 40mm is the minimum width, but also one single pen blank could work if it's at least 20x20mm (I can cut it in two 20*9 halves and re-glue them into a 40x9 sample).
So... I really appreciate your efforts
Paolo

Chatometry

I will see what I can dig up. Some will be duplication of species others have mentioned, but from your posts that is what you want.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Some will be duplication of species others have mentioned, but from your posts that is what you want.

Yes, exactly. This provides statistical significance.
Thank you
Paolo

Originally Posted by chatometry

Yes, exactly. This provides statistical significance.
Thank you
Paolo

Ah, "Paolo:" A kindred spirit.

Regards
Paul

So what are we doing postage wise ? Will we just all post to someone in Australia, then one package goes over to Italy ? I am happy to cover postage for my samples to a point in Australia if someone handles the eventual postage to Paolo.

EDIT- has an ideal sample size been worked out ? As I will be cutting bits off larger pieces, I can cut them to any size .

All we need is small samples - at least 120x40x0.6mm (see pics below); anything bigger works too.

Paulo has suggested sending all of the pieces to someone in Australia. I've already told him it can't be me as I'm selling and moving.

Originally Posted by Ironwood

EDIT- has an ideal sample size been worked out ? As I will be cutting bits off larger pieces, I can cut them to any size .

Thanks Brad.
Our ideal size is 150x40x10mm.
Paolo

Originally Posted by Ironwood

So what are we doing postage wise ? Will we just all post to someone in Australia, then one package goes over to Italy ? I am happy to cover postage for my samples to a point in Australia if someone handles the eventual postage to Paolo.

If nobody is up for the hub proposal, we can go with the "single shipments" option!
When you have something ready, please get in touch by PM and we'll sort the details...
Thanks again!
Paolo