Thread: Are you good with wood?

How about lantana

Ill go with ornamental rose wood as in flowering rose.

Is it one of the Erythrina species or Coral Tree?

Getting close and climbing.

Originally Posted by Glenrob

Getting close and climbing.

Bougainvillea??

Now there's a man who knows how to decipher a clue!



Well done Good Sir......you deserve a seeeegar!

I gave that very piece to Richard Raffan today at the Canberra WW Show. We shall now wait to see what he thinks of it from an expert turner's perspective.

Well done to all who had a shot at our mystery piece of wood...............and lost.

It was fun tho wasn't it?

Originally Posted by Glenrob

Now there's a man who knows how to decipher a clue!



Well done Good Sir......you deserve a seeeegar!

I gave that very piece to Richard Raffan today at the Canberra WW Show. We shall now wait to see what he thinks of it from an expert turner's perspective.

Well done to all who had a shot at our mystery piece of wood...............and lost.

It was fun tho wasn't it?

Thankyou. Don't touch em myself. (purple around the gills)

Its a very interesting piece of timber, Richard will certainly get the best from it.

The main clue for me was the centre pith and the slightly twisting grain. Given your location I went with rose first.
Thank you for the challenge.

Woolomei Pine? per chance?
Willy
Jarrahland

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

Bougainvillea??

Easy to be wise afrer the fact I suppose but when I first looked at the second photo, my first thought was how much it looked like the end-grain on the bougainvilleas I have cut down over the years and I thought to myself "looks like bougainvillea in the endgrain but surely it does not grow that big and there arent any spikes.

Obviously it grows a lot bigger than I thought.

Cheers

Doug

Originally Posted by doug3030

Easy to be wise afrer the fact I suppose but when I first looked at the second photo, my first thought was how much it looked like the end-grain on the bougainvilleas I have cut down over the years and I thought to myself "looks like bougainvillea in the endgrain but surely it does not grow that big and there arent any spikes.

Obviously it grows a lot bigger than I thought.

Cheers

Doug

Great plant when it is kept under control but I have seen it totally cover trees that are near 30m tall. Would never have thought to save some for turning though. Even seen it growing at WharburtonRH WA many years ago!