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    Default Uses for reclaimed timber piles?

    I have just started work on a wharf extension in Melbourne which requires the removal of several timber piles and some associated fender timbers.

    The client has indicated the fender timbers will be off limits and will be reused in the development BUT the timber piles may be up for grabs.

    Has anyone out there ever worked with reclaimed timber piles? The marine subcontractor has suggested that the timber becomes hard and unusable but I have visions of an outdoor table with 4 piles as legs and one of the fender timbers as the table top.

    The timber is either iron bark or jarrah depending on who you talk to.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

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    Default Pictures of the timber in question

    Just thought I'd add some pics to see what people thought of the type of timber and whether it has any potential for a new life as a bit of furniture (or even as firewood?)
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    The old piles can be milled, just be prepared for the stink if they have been affected by marine borers.

    Turpentine is a common timber pile from the wharves as well
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    Lots of chunky furniture about made from old wharf timbers, to keep their original form in tact, just sanded back and oiled. Mainly stools and tables. I've also seen them milled up with the holes/cracks filled with either clear or black resin, to emphasise them as features, they really some up well.

    DJ is right, a lot of turpentine was used, especially for piles. As a structural engineer myself who has designed a lot of wharves, Batu is another one used, an asian hardwood (as supply of suitable Australian hardwoods got too expensive).
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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ's Timber View Post
    The old piles can be milled, just be prepared for the stink if they have been affected by marine borers.

    Turpentine is a common timber pile from the wharves as well


    And its super hard!! Hard on saw blade's2-Mills-Frigging.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by gumred View Post
    And its super hard!! Hard on saw blade's
    You won't get any arguments from me in that regard
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