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12th October 2017, 09:06 PM #1
Timber ID
I was give some timber which had been milled from a tree in a mates front yard, he told me it was "Snottygobble"
I did a search on google to find out what snottygobble is and couldn't find much and what I did find didn't look like the stuff I have.
So looking at the photos below can someone confirm the identity of the wood.
Rick
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12th October 2017, 09:35 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Banksia perhaps?
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12th October 2017, 10:12 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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He is on a road trip at the moment but shoot 'dusteater' a message. He sent me sknepen blanks a while back and some were marked as snotty gobble so he should be able to help out a bit more - I think it was like a native cherry or something (but my memory is useless)
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12th October 2017, 10:33 PM #4
Looks like one of the native grevilleas, maybe striata (beefwood) or glauca (bushman's peg) or a similar species.
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13th October 2017, 04:08 PM #5
Here is a picture frame I have made from this timber
Rick
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21st October 2017, 01:29 PM #6Skwair2rownd
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Bon;t think it's beefwood. Beefwood is dense and hard and very dirty to work. Also oozes sap for years after drying.
I agree that it could be a grevillea.
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My grandfather would point out 'snotty gobble' to me and my brother, as kids, when we were out mustering in central Queensland. From memory it had a red fruit but that is all I recall; maybe bright green leaves as well. So it could be a native cherry as mentioned earlier in a post.
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21st October 2017, 07:03 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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After a quick Google search it is Persoonia longifolia. Native to WA.
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24th October 2017, 03:39 PM #9Senior Member
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Correct Kidbee,
Grows in SW of WA,
More of a large shrub than a tree.
I have some with trunk about 150mm diameter, but the very flaky bark is about 25mm thick.
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24th October 2017, 10:33 PM #10
More info on both Snotty Gobble's here Snottygobble or Persoonia and there is a sample of the Persoonia longifolia timber in TTIT's collection egg 440 here http://www.ttit.id.au/eggpage/alleggs.htm#421.
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25th October 2017, 12:17 AM #11
Thanks for the info guys, I have just visited my mate and he gave me the full name. It is in fact a Persoonia but the Persoonia elliptica. I have finished the frame and here it is
Rick
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Beautiful contrast with the sap and heart woods there - used perfectly I'd say. Great job
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Just got back from a relaxing 12,000 klm trip ,nothing like it to blow the cobwebs out.
Nice work Rick, beautiful timber .
I`m no expert but all I can do is show you some pics of the Snotty Gobble that we have on the place which are pics 3952 and 3953 and as Col has pointed out that it is more a bush than a tree, the other pics are Banksia Attenuata also a native of the south west ,which shows more features of your timber, anyhow hope this helps.
Cheers David
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5th November 2017, 02:45 AM #14
Thanks for the praise David and it is a beautiful timber. You may have missed my post up a little further, I saw the mate who gave it to me and he identified it as "Persoonia elliptica". During my investigations it seems that the name "snottygobble" has been given to different species in different areas which is why I found it hard to identify. Now that I have identified it I am now working out what to make with the rest of the timber I have. I would like to make sure that it is something special.
The pieces used fro the frame already had a rebate in them so it made the choice of project easy.
Regards
Rick
PS Hope you had a great trip
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