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  1. 12th October 2009, 09:50 PM #1
    Jerry Crockford
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    Default Any online images of which timber is which?

    Hi folks,

    I'm about to make two glory boxes for two daughters.

    I'd like them to be able to choose the timber, but our knowledge of different timbers is very limited. I know what Merbau, Hoop, Tassy Oak, Wenge (and a few others from looking at the photos in this forum look like), but that's about it.

    It would be GREAT if there were a chart/index/reference thingy that showed different timbers.

    We have searched a lot on Google, and found plenty of text-only listings of timbers and their characteristics (Which is a great start), but we don't know what they actually LOOK like. I have tried all KINDS of sites, including timber industry associations etc., but actual photos seem to be a bit thin on the ground.

    Does anyone know of a site that shows PHOTOS of the different Aussie timbers?

    That would avoid the pain of driving the poor buggers at the timber yard nutzo by driving down there as a family and asking to look at every type of wood. (Picture two teenage girls in the timber yard, trying to make a decision, while I'm jumping around in the background trying to calculate price/sizes etc. Aaaagh!)

    Thanks in advance,

    Jerry
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    Try here: Exotic Wood Pictures: Exotic Wood displayed, described, and identified

    Not limited to Oz, though, and might be more than you care to digest.

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    A couple of Ausy sites here and here
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  5. 13th October 2009, 11:51 AM #4
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    Go to google images them search Australian Timbers there are several.
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  6. 14th October 2009, 08:10 AM #5
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    Default Thank YOU!

    Thanks very much for that.

    Those links are a GREAT help!

    As a long time reader and infrequent poster on these forums (Fora?), I am amazed at how generous and helpful everyone is.

    While I don't know where you are, I bow in your general direction!

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  7. 14th October 2009, 09:48 AM #6
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    Problem is pictures look totally different sometimes to what the timber really looks like.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John
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  8. 15th October 2009, 05:38 PM #7
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    Another site is Tasmanian Timber . If you go into the Species listings it shows pictures of the different timbers and a page for each listing a lot of info like growth habits, uses and pictures of projects it has been used for.
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