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9th December 2012, 11:48 PM #1
Guess the woods?
Here are a few marking knifes I made for Christmas gifts. Three are Australian, one is Indonesian, and the other two are from central Africa.
Too easy?
Regards from Perth
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10th December 2012, 12:57 AM #2
The Woods.
Hi Derek,
I'll have a go.
From the Bottom ; Snake Wood, She Oak, Queens Ebony, maybe Walnut, Could be Red Gum, & Wenge.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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10th December 2012, 08:39 AM #3
Just for a bit of fun, I'll have a go too...
L to R in bottom pic: No Idea (looks 'stringy', like some sort of palm), She-oak, Zebrano (x 2), Rock-oak (where have I seen something like that before? ), Jarrah.
Cheers,IW
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12th December 2012, 04:32 PM #4
Answers
Good identifications by some.
Here are the woods again ..
From the top down:
Macassar Ebony (Diospyros celebica, from Indonesia) - this turns wonderfully. Tight grain.
Rock She-Oak (Allocasuarina huegeliana, from Western Ausralia) - another that is tight grained and turns sweetly.
Two in Wenge (Millettia laurentii, from the Congo) - you need a really sharp edge for this wood. It begins to break out at soon as the edge goes.
West Australian She-Oak (Allocasuarina fraseriana), another from the She-oak family (Casuarinacece) - turns well, hard and interlocked grain.
Black Palm (Normanya normanbyi, typically from tropical Asia or Africa, but this piece was from North Queensland in Australia) - this was a total bugger to turn. Some argue it is a grass not a wood, and its fibrous nature makes it nearly impossible to turn without the sharpest edge. This knife was #3, with the two preceding attempts exploding on me. Finally finished it with sandpaper.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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