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24th November 2005, 09:56 AM #1
Turpentine
Has anyone ever used turpentine wood for woodwork projects? Info here about the timber. http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/13209.html
A mate of mine has about 10 old wharf pylons sitting in a paddock (for about 15 years). He said they were Turpentine.
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24th November 2005, 11:41 AM #2
Yep, hard on the gear, ahs the highest content of silica in the the cell structure of any timber I've dealt with. Is closely related to Brushbox has similar properties, comes in several different colours/shades unfortunately not much of the deep red stuff makes its way out of the hands of those who find it. Nice timber great for in water use as the marine borer has issues with the silica, high in extractives and tannins will cause staining if still green and reacts with steel by turning the steel instantly black, suffers from "brownstain" rot and is a group 3 strength(still stronger than 90% of anything else), but retains its durability class 1 ranking.
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24th November 2005, 10:10 PM #3
Turpentine
Me thinks i'll leave it in the paddock then. Haven't learned the Zen of sharpening yet.
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25th November 2005, 09:13 AM #4
Wot E. maculata said.
The high silica content is why it's so good for wharf piles - quickly dulls the teeth of marine wood-chompers as well as plane blades.
We had lots of it on the farm where I grew up (N. Qld), but found few uses for it - too hard to dry in anything but small bits, and takes forever. About the only uses I've found are for virtually indestructible cutting-boards, and it makes good screws for hand clamps, but it is character-building to turn the blanks! You can put a nice surface on it with scrapers.
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25th November 2005, 11:25 PM #6
Turps
Ok. Thanx for the info guys. I reckon i'll give it a miss then.
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29th November 2005, 11:19 AM #7
turps
One of the best eight seater dining tables I have ever seen had a 50mm thick turpentine top .Took ten men and a blue heeler to shift it .
An old timer told me turpentine used to be called ' INCH A NIGHT ' apparently thats how much it would shrink when first cut green .
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