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  1. #1
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    Default Tasmanian Black wood burl

    Wanted Tasmanian Black Wood burl, happy to to buy milled boards, only need a small quantity to make single a ring box.

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    Ok A 80mm x 150mm turning blank will do, or if any one has something else, Australian must have burl like features needs to be something out of the ordinary

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    Hello, I have only just seen this. I will have a look out the back tomorrow and see what I have in my Blackwood pile that I milled a while ago and see if there is anything suitable for you. It’s not Tasmanian it’s from Aldgate so I hope that will do
    PM me your phone number, I’m in Strathalbyn and am home this weekend.

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    Thanks Cal PM sent

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    Can't remember ever seeing a burl on a Blackwood tree here in Tassie.

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    I have to admit I have never seen one either, although most trees have this feature around the base root system.

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    This was as close to a burl I could find in my lot for Bob (China)
    They are folds more so than burls, I haven’t come across any Blackwood with burls either.
    This one is cootamundra Wattle, the whole tree had gnarled feature along the sap line.

    The Blackwood had grub issues, the tree may have been damaged due to that?



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    Default Tasmanian Black wood burl

    I’ve probably got a piece that size lying around that you can have if you like. It’s a piece that I bought from maple man a while ago. It’s not a burl just a straight piece if that’s any help

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    I have some nice bark inclusion birdseye blackwood in the shed in 25mm thick boards, maybe even some solid pure birdseye blackwood left over from a musical grade log if you are still looking. As for blackwood burls, I have only cut 1 since 1998!

    Cheers

    James.

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    Thanks James birdseye sounds interesting I was after apiece large enough to turn although it seems like I may have to settle for making a small box from boards, I have had a few offers and have been giving them consideration
    yours sound closest to what I am looking for, do you have any photo's

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    Hi China,

    Here are some pictures of the bark inclusioned birdseye from a recent customer's dart board cabinet and my daughters toy/blanket box. I'll try and get one of the solid birdseye boards if I have any left. I have some solid redgum birdseye billets, maybe some mallee root burl, plenty of insane fiddleback in blackwood(last photo) and redgum, maybe myrtle, dried between 8-20 years. Also have tiger myrtle 75x75 square stock, dried over 10 years. Maybe you should pop over to the shed!

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    Cheers,

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    Hi James, now we are getting somewhere 75x75 tiger myrtle sounds promising, I need at least 100 mm long but happy to take longer, how many dollars plus post to 5166.

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    I've got an almost perfect donut burl, around dia 400mm, from half way up a small tree (dia 100) that came down in the mini cyclone that hit The Gap in Brisbane ~10 years back(?). The trees up here often get them, almost like the tree was sliced in half, the rejoined with a burl bandage .

    I was attending to one day day make some nice bowls from it.

    But sorry not about to cut off a small section of it.
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    Update, I would like to thank all the offers I have received, some very generous, I have decided to go with Tassietimbers mainly because the stock available suits my needs

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