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    Came across this today and could not help myself due to the colour that the end of the log showed. Pitty there was not much of it. Interestingly the deadwood that is shown in the timber is a real cholcolate colour and hard, not at all pithy. Grain is tight and nice looking.

    Cut it up into pen blanks and handle blanks with a few inlay strips in amoungst it to see how it dries.

    Anyone confirm if it is Osage Orange?

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    The bark's all wrong for osage

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    I wonder what it is then, it is surprisingly heavy.

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    If it's not OO it could be Mulberry. Same family AFAIK.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsser View Post
    If it's not OO it could be Mulberry. Same family AFAIK.
    Definitely not Mulberry, check the leaves out, much smaller and quite glossy.

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    On one visit to a furniture maker in Toowoomba, they had some veeeeery yellow timber that they were carving. I forget the name but it was something along the line of "Yellow ..."

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    Ossage is a citrus so a sniff of the crushed leaf should tell. To me it has to be Ossage because there are only two yellow woods... OA and Mulberry and it sure ain't mulberry. Now seal those ends quick and put them all away for a year.

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    could it be leichardt? had some of that and it was quite yellow like that ........bob

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    Same colour as osage but the light almost white sapwood is missing also the anual rings look different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkychicken View Post
    On one visit to a furniture maker in Toowoomba, they had some veeeeery yellow timber that they were carving. I forget the name but it was something along the line of "Yellow ..."
    Is Yellow Tingle what you're of FC?
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    thinking maybe , tulip satinwood ,aka, deep yellow wood ,aka , yellow cedar .
    have turned that stuff many years ago quite nice too .

    Rhodosphaera rhodanthema

    the bark dont look quite right though

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJ's Timber View Post
    Is Yellow Tingle what you're of FC?
    Don't think so. I think it may have been something obvious like Yellow wood

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    Guess this is one for the books, leaves don't smell anything like citrus and it can't be Rhodosphaera rhodanthema as the leaves have a serrated edge and the pictures I found show Rhodosphaera rhodanthema to have a smooth edged leaf.

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    verry interesting wood.

    let us know when u find out what it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weisyboy View Post
    verry interesting wood.

    let us know when u find out what it is.

    Will do but my interest in what it is has now gone - not really important as there won't be any more forthcomming. Given it's hardness and tight grain I think some tool handles will be in order. Would love to make a big yellow mallet, will see what I can get out of the other bits.

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