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    Does anyone know which timbers exhibit the figure renown within silky oak apart from silky oak, forest oak, rose sheoak (Allocasuarina torulosa), flame sheoak, hairy oak (Allocasuarina inophloia)? Just wondering as I believe a blend of timbers with similar figure in furniture/boxes etc would look stunning and want to know what there is. From what I have above it almost looks like it is just an oak thing?? Any help appreciated. Maybe there is some useful literature out there or just a wealth of knowledge within this forum.

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    Only other wood that I know with a similar figure is NZ Rewarewa.
    I dont know where you will get any outside NZ though?

    http://generation-4.co.nz/specs/rewarewa.html

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    I've got some pieces of beefwood which have the same lacey pattern as silky oak but in a very deep red. I made a couple of boxes from heavily patterned silky oak with beefwood inner rim and mitre feathers, the effect is, as you've guessed, very good. I must buy a digital camera! Fletty

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    American and European oak. I think it is an oak thing teejay, with aussie woods so named 'cause they resembled the northern hemisphere timbers. I think all casuarinas and grevilleas (silky oak, beefwood) have it. You also get something like it in some hakeas (needlewood), a desert wood, and apparently a wood called red tulip oak (genus tarrietia) from Queensland has it.

    Tas oak aint got it. I think it got its name for marketing reasons.
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    Plane tree (also called Lacewood).

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    Macadamia as well...
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    Coastal banksia seems to have a similar pattern if you can get it in large enough pieces.
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    Thankyou everyone - this forum never fails to help. With this new knowledge I can feel an itch on my chainsaw trigger finger and a twitch in my eye for some more wood. Not that my shed can fit any more but there is treasure out there.
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    Dahm! AlexS beat me to the draw! Was going to say Banksia although to get in first its a grey wood in color which may or may not be able to coridinate with the oak... which if its like our sheoak ends up finished a nice golden color

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    all this talk of lovely timber is making me drool, so how do i go about getting it, is it a matter of just cutting the sections off a dead tree, and when it comes to resawing is there a certtain way to cut something like a burl...
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    Cockatoo Creek Timbers up in Dundurrabin (near Ebor) have Allocasuarina torulosa (rose sheaok) in stock, kiln dried $3K a cube. I am not sure how much the freight would be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JB View Post
    American and European oak. I think it is an oak thing teejay, with aussie woods so named 'cause they resembled the northern hemisphere timbers. I think all casuarinas and grevilleas (silky oak, beefwood) have it. You also get something like it in some hakeas (needlewood), a desert wood, and apparently a wood called red tulip oak (genus tarrietia) from Queensland has it.

    Tas oak aint got it. I think it got its name for marketing reasons.
    The common name of Tasmanian Oak is actually a Eucalyptus species. It's better to use botinacal names so confusion doesn't run riot.

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    Northern Silky Oak
    Fishtail Oak
    Crater Oak
    Red Oak 2 varieties (not the american $h!t)
    Meullers Oak
    Red Tulip Oak
    Brown Tulip Oak
    White Tulip Oak
    Caledoanian Oak 2 varieties
    Pink Silky Oak
    Brown Silky Oak

    Thats not the full list of timbers showing a strong medullary ray pattern (ie oak grain) growing in the FNQ rainforest, just the ones that come to mind off the top of my head. Can you use them together?

    B Murphy Blanket Box.jpg


    Northern Silky and Red Oak used side by side in a blanket box by a customer of mine: looks okay to me.
    Where to get these rare and obscure premium Australian species? .... ummm.... me.

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    Well, for anyone that's reading this 14 year old thread, I'd say one of the most obvious choices, not currently mentioned, is Beefwood - Grevillea striata.

    My understanding of this timber is that it was, and still maybe is, used as a substitute for Silky Oak if the Silky Oak is coated with a sufficiently dark shellac.

    The following Image is from the Ovolo Inchcolm Hotel located at 73 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane. I believe that this is a mix of both Silky Oak & Beefwood, but I could be wrong. For anyone in or around Brisbane this place is well worth a look, it's very impressive.

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