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6th August 2013, 09:35 PM #61
I ventured into the timber vault and found one of my pieces of african walnut (
Lovoa trichilioides). The piece I found is roughsawn, 740 x 220 x 33 mm and it is indeed quarter-sawn. I have another piece somewhere in the timber vault that is a little smaller than this one (or is it a little bigger, all I can say for sure is one is a bit bigger than the other).Might be a bit of a squash though, will see how it goes
The mind is working on a cutting plan to make some handles for a matching set of backsaws and a nice tool-chest to hold them all out of the same timber.
DougI got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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6th August 2013, 10:15 PM #62
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6th August 2013, 11:09 PM #63I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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7th August 2013, 12:13 AM #64
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8th August 2013, 12:03 AM #66
Sorry if I am being a pain talking about timber in this thread.
I really dont think I will have enough african walnut to do all I want to do.
How is Ironbark for saw handles?I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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8th August 2013, 12:12 AM #67
It's all good Doug.
No idea on iron bark.
Gidgee especially ringed! Is what I'd love to use.
Blackwood or Myrtle. Qld Walnut (& ‘real’ Walnut) and Maple are good, too. She-oak and such like (River Red Gum), traditional apple.…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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8th August 2013, 12:20 AM #68
Ok, I thought gidgee might be a bit hard to shape. I have a $#!t|0AD of gidgee! It is not ringed, just fairly plain chocolate brown gidgee. I probably could supply blanks for the entire workshop from plain gidgee if thats what we all want At a reasonable price of course.
Cheers
Doug
edit: added a photo of a sample of the gidgeeI got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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8th August 2013, 12:33 AM #69
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8th August 2013, 12:41 AM #70
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8th August 2013, 12:56 AM #72
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8th August 2013, 01:03 AM #73
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8th August 2013, 01:31 AM #74
No worries. It would be good if interested members could indicate if they would like gidgee totes from timber like that in the picture above. I have enough to meet demand, unless this course is going to be a lot bigger than I thought. Hoping Ian and Ray give it their seal of approval.
I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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8th August 2013, 10:08 AM #75
Nope, this is precisely the place to discuss the wood, Doug. It's the handles that make the saw yours more than any other part, so you want to feel you've made the right choice.
If you can find a nice, sound, tight-grained bit of Ironbark, I don't see why it wouldn't make a good handle. But I have to add that I've had little success with most of the Eucalypts I've tried. Apart from being pretty coarse-grained, they tend to harbor many small flaws and splits that you don't find until you get the job 3/4 done, which can be a bit annoying. If you are in doubt about your wood, rough out the handle and watch it for a few days to see if any cracks or splits open up. These are most likely close to the end of the board, so I usually start laying out templates a good couple of inches from the ends if I have enough wood to play with.
Cheers,IW
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