Thread: wood collecting efforts

Lucky man. The Qld blackwood looks gorgeous.

Great looking grain. So, who's the wild man holding the burl offcut then?

Great finds. nice to get good wood at the right price.

Reeves,
Good to see your 'finds'. Get a lot of wind through your way lately?

Good finds alright......couple of scarey looking blokes

Which is John?

Hi all
Can I just ask...
Do you have to get somebody's permission (or a permit) to go and carve up fallen trees ?
And. . .
Once you chainsaw them up into "manageable" long chunks, do you need a bandsaw to slab them - make boards?
Dumb questions now I read them - answer will be yes to both. But any more info (other than yes) might help those of us who don't go hunting trees.
Cheers
Jedo

Nice score Reeves, only Euc branches falling here, Ravensbourne must have got more wind.
That blackwood should be used to stoke up a lathe! Rose mahogany=rosewood??

Cheers,

John is the fellow in the black shirt.

nice pick ups

[quote=Jedo_03;414794]Hi all
Can I just ask...
Do you have to get somebody's permission (or a permit) to go and carve up fallen trees ?</quote>

not the stuff that falls on council roadsides, i rang em and aksed and the girl at the counter says its ok, people often cut firewood that way. If its on private property then we ask, havent yet as theres heaps freely avilable..
There s 5000 acres of abandonded cattle property up this way between the state forest and the national park, the owner has not been there for years and has an unlisted number so hes hard to contact buts its the kind of place where feral cattle gather and trail bike riders inhabit on weekends and hippies grow plants, so the feeling is no one cares if someone cuts up dead trees...if i could contact the bloke i would but theres no gate, no one aorund....

In or near the national park, if they cut up logs and leave em lying on the ground in the car park for weeks on the the actual road i will check em out, i wont take anything from within the actual park itself as per the rules but if decent wood is left cut and rotting where cars drive (council roadside) i think its fair to grab it, lots of people do and the park guys dont seem to care at all, i asked them and they just kinda ignored me, its just wood they aint gonna either use or drag back into the park/bush to provide mulch

i have spied a few on private property but as yet havent appraoached anyone to collect it, once we've made our way through whats openly avilable i might, theres 2 dead bunyas on a property up the road....might be worthwhile.. there also a large silky oak thats died on the council roadside...mmm, it seems once you get yr eye in and used to spotting whats useful, theres wood everywhere as my love of wood as grown with the help of all u good fellows on this forum, i just hate to see good stuff rotting

Originally Posted by Jedo_03

And. . .
Once you chainsaw them up into "manageable" long chunks, do you need a bandsaw to slab them - make boards?


Jedo

that would be nice to have an actual mill but at the moment its chainsaw cuts, either slabs or chunks to get em in the ute or make movable chunks and i have a 14 inch band saw and 8 inch table saw does the rest...

other comments

Andy Mac=Nice score Reeves, only Euc branches falling here, Ravensbourne must have got more wind.

reeves> yeah heaps Andy, wind and hail recenlty, theres so many trees up here that there always seems to be some fallen or someone just cutting and burning, i tend to wander round keeping an eye on what falls locally and have quite a few pretty well pegged, if ya ever get some time to drop up mate theres some chunks for you and i'll show u my secret forest of wholesome goodness..natural spring and all

That blackwood should be used to stoke up a lathe!

that it may be Andy, i am drying some for possble use in instruments....havent though about much else yet....the lighter melanoxlyn seems to be the classic stuff, that stuff i gave u is much darker but seems to be a similar species, tho there is definaltley a dark on and lighter one...tho the trees look very similar

Rose mahogany=rosewood??

yep 2 species up here, the darker one is great, the classic dysoxylum fasernium....i found a nice stand of them in the blackbean grove and an old one that has been on the ground for years, its truly magnificent ;-)

keith53 Great looking grain. So, who's the wild man holding the burl offcut then?

yes that blackwood is a bit special, i was surprised when we cut it, very lucky indeed, the beared one is me...in hillbilly mode...i havent been to town much for a while

end yes Clint, that wind never stops....;-)

thanks all for your responses....

Hi Reeves
Thanks very much for all that info.
Best I've done is to get some jacaranda limbs from a bloke trimming in the old folks home.
I'll be phoning the council tomorrow.
Thanks agin
Jedo

Well done Reeves,a man after my own heart,just cant leave it sitting there it has to have a home to go to.....looks very nice timber......

Reguards Tasman

Don't forget to keep an eye out for those council and main roads gangs.
They are usualy only too happy for you to empty their truck..... that way they can get back to depot early because they don't have to go to the dump.:eek: :eek:
Unless they are woodies too .

cheers