Thread: NZ ancient kauri

Stunning pieces of wood there Pete

Hoping my lot will arrive monday or tuesday, will post some pics when it`s landed.

cheers
Brad

Stunning figure,i would be inclined to seal it though as i reckon it will surface check badly.

Originally Posted by pjt

Spirit Flutes (Matt) organized some of this timber from NZ, I went down to Bris and picked my lot up last week...
Not bad looking stuff

Pete

Pete , is the timber seasoned bone dry or what ,
other that the water you put on to pop out the grain ?

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Pete , is the timber seasoned bone dry or what ,
other that the water you put on to pop out the grain ?

Hi Jock,
I'd have to confirm exactly how dry but it has been air drying for some time as far as I know, yr plus at a guess.
I put the water on it to make the grain stand out

Pete

Originally Posted by pjt

Hi Jock,
I'd have to confirm exactly how dry but it has been air drying for some time as far as I know, yr plus at a guess.
I put the water on it to make the grain stand out

Pete

I know that you put water on it to make the grain stand out , that is why I mentioned it .

Wood takes on average , and remember that it is an average ,
a year per inch of thickness to air dry .

Have you sealed the endgrain yet ?

If it is'nt fully seasoned,definately seal it,particularly as there is alot of end grain in it,as well as the fact that rockhampton would have a fairly low e.m.c at this time of year.

I rough turned a bowl out of a wet blank of the stuff and it had to go into a plakky bag for nearly a year to control cracking.

i got a fair bit of the stuff, still got alot to learn about it to!

Roll a bit of it down hill this way , and I'll give you a hand with the research

pay the fright ill give you a bit

cheers I'll have see how the sales go in the guild xmas shop first tho .


Jock