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29th May 2007, 09:25 PM #1Inspiration lacking
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Moreton Bay Ash or Carbeen
I have access to a fair bit of Moreten Bay Ash or Carbeen. The grain looks nice, but seems difficult to work based on one quick test with a jointer & plane.
Before I use any more fuel or energy slabbing it, can anyone tell me if this stuff is any good for anything? I was thinking of benchtops or perhaps for turning.
Advice appreciated.
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...Phil
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31st May 2007, 09:40 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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You don't seem to be flooded with replies Phil.
Eucalyptus tesselaris, Moreton Bay Ash.
I've never knowingly used it and a grazier I know who has scads of it on his place says it's useless. I think that means he doesn't find it good for fence posts.
"Australian Timbers Vol.2" says it has been extensively used for timber bridge construction and is good for tool handles.
Air dry density 1010 kg/cu.m so it's darned heavy,Brian
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1st June 2007, 11:39 AM #3
I've seen it used for turning, small work (boxes), marquetry and veeering.....nothing large
Ours is not to reason why.....only to point and giggle.
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1st June 2007, 01:42 PM #4Inspiration lacking
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Hi Brian.
Spot on about the grazier! I have a mate in precisely the same situation - reckons I'm wasting my time with it. But I hate to see big heaps of timber pushed into a pile & burned without at least trying to find a use for it first.
Perhaps it is considered useless because other species are easier to work. Perhaps because no-one's really tried to use it. Or perhaps because it really is crap.
Too many "perhaps's" there for my liking, so I'll keep researching it until I get a more definative answer.
And yes it is very darned heavy - as my back muscles can confirm.
Cheers.
...Phil
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1st June 2007, 06:00 PM #5
Hi Phil,
a while back I got about 4 M/3 of Morton Bay Ash logs, have slabbed up about half of it so far.
Havent used any yet (except for a few bits for a dog kennel floor), so I cant comment too much, but it does seem to be very stable, no movement or splitting.
The logs that I have, dont have much feature in them, but the timber is a nice chocolate brown with pale sapwood.
If you can get it for the right price, I would go for it
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3rd June 2007, 01:30 PM #6Hewer of wood
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Is that the same as Moreton Bay Fig?
I've turned a small bowl out of it and it had some nice medullary rays.Cheers, Ern
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3rd June 2007, 09:05 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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[QUOTE=rsser;521656]Is that the same as Moreton Bay Fig?
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Nope. Moreton Bay Fig is Ficus macrophylla, way different genus.Brian
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4th June 2007, 02:42 PM #8Inspiration lacking
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Carbeen for tool handles
Several sources said that Carbeen is useful for tool handles and bridge construction. I don't have much call for a bridge so I cut a piece of log down to make a chisel handle as an experiment.
The timber certainly worked nicely on the lathe (for a raw beginner) & the handle looks and feels good. The timber is still quite green & it will be interesting to see how it behaves as it dries over time.
So I still haven't ruled Carbeen out as 'useless'. Yet!
Cheers
...Phil
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7th June 2007, 08:52 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Have a read of this http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/13272.html It could be the fact that the sapwood is lyctus susceptible that puts the farmers off?! Sounds like a good useful timber to me. I think they are a lovely looking tree, so wont be cutting any of ours down in a hurry. But if one should happen to fall down, that is entirely a different matter!
Donna
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29th September 2007, 01:59 AM #10Senior Member
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new and just seen this old post i have milled 10m3 of carbeen for T&G flooring very nice timber but must be treated for borer . only sap wood is affected .sapwood and hart wood can be distinguisted use the hartwood only if not treating the timber .
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