Thread: Ringed Gidgee

Try calling Colen Clenton or Chris Vesper and ask where they get theirs from. I don't think it will be very cheap though. Depends on how much you need I guess.

Regards,

Rob

I think you'll find Colen probably gets his Gidgee from Terry who gets it from here

According to that the guy who supplies HNT is loggerheads…..

Here is the website, that is mentioned in Terry's article. Last updated 2011. I suppose you give the contact numbers a call.

"It fell off the back of a Terry Gordon - honest !!"

Ringed Gidgee Not so hard to find Our local club just completed this mobile kitchen bench this morning and the 3"x3" legs and some of the other boards have ringing right through them .
And to rub it in just a little further, on Saturday we're milling a pile of huge (as Gidgee goes) logs of the stuff - should be a bit of ringing in that lot too

TTIT Is that wood raw or has it had a finish applied?

The stuff I have seen is almost black & brown. Yours is much more pink-red. I thought ringed Gidgee was a different tree to regular gidgee. From your table that is figured regular gidge. Or did I get caught up in some marketing hype???

This HNT plane has the rings right through as opposed to your leg which has straight grain and fiddleback one the other. Also this is much darker, according to a site I read there is a black gidgee also. Although I have no idea if HNT adds any stain.

Not trying to give you hell, just trying to understand and not fall into anyones hype that is selling gidgee. Just like I found out there is no such thing as red ebony it is just a marketing ploy used for various hard timbers.



Send all your off cuts to Melbourne and stop bragging

Nice table by the way.

Originally Posted by Pat

Here is the website, that is mentioned in Terry's article. Last updated 2011. I suppose you give the contact numbers a call.

I did contact them trough their website. So far havn't heard back.

Hey DSSEL, I think Vern should be made to pay for his gloat - looks like there's plenty on hand and a pile more coming. Reckon he might have to send you some.

That'll learn ya Vern.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Hey DSSEL, I think Vern should be made to pay for his gloat - looks like there's plenty on hand and a pile more coming. Reckon he might have to send you some.

That'll learn ya Vern.

Sounds good to me!!!









Looking further in HNT site this is exactly the look I am wanting! This much ringing & this color.



Gidgee may refer to any of a number of species of Acacia native to arid or semi-arid regions of Australia, or to the vegetation communities in which these species dominate:

• Most commonly Acacia cambagei
• Acacia argyrodendron, commonly known as "Black Gidgee"
• Acacia anastema, commonly known as "Sanddune dometrius" or just "Gidgee"
• Acacia pruinocarpa, commonly known as "Gidgee" or "Black Gidgee"
• Acacia subtessarogona, commonly known as "Spreading Gidgee"
• Acacia georginae, commonly known as "Georgina Gidgee"

The colour just comes down to the photography - don't know why but it always appear much lighter in my pics than it is in the flesh! - the bench is actually much darker than it appears there.
There is no such thing as a 'Ringed Gidgee' tree, it's just fiddleback figure which in the harder acacias is generally much finer than other timbers. I've found some very fine ringing in Yarran and Mulga and even Inland Rosewood which is just beautiful!
As for 'Black Gidgee', it depends on which one you're talking about. Acacia argyrodendron (Belyando Blackwood) is no darker than common Gidgee (a.cambagei) but the one piece of acacia pruinocarpa from WA I have turned was much darker.
It basically comes down to the density of the rings and how much there is through the tree - both very variable!

The logs we're milling this weekend were supplied to us to make trophies for the Twin Hills Rodeo which we do every year so I haven't seen them yet to know if there's any ringing or not. Will post some pics if there is

I just scored some more old Gidgee posts, very dark but most piped. Had to tie them to the side (with some burl) and underneath the trailer as it was already full

Originally Posted by dai sensei

I just scored some more old Gidgee posts, very dark but most piped. Had to tie them to the side (with some burl) and underneath the trailer as it was already full

Nah plenty more room on the trailer, all that space on the tool box for starters. Grab some more!!

You should see how much gear I pack on my bike, I think it would scare people, then again I have riden in asia lol

Second bike frame on the back


All my camera gear for a road trip & photoshoot.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

I just scored some more old Gidgee posts, very dark but most piped. Had to tie them to the side (with some burl) and underneath the trailer as it was already full

Now that is a sign of desperation.