Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 39
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Hornsby. NSW
    Age
    62
    Posts
    107

    Default The hardest timber. Global hardness chart

    Interesting.

    Sent from my SM-N920I using Tapatalk
    Thank God for senility... now I don't feel so silly any more.

  2. # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Age
    2010
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Perth
    Posts
    10,810

    Default

    Where does this fit in?





    Regards from Perth

    Derek
    Visit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.

  4. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    back in Alberta for a while
    Age
    68
    Posts
    12,006

    Default

    it once was wood wood ?

    regards from Alberta, Canada

    ian

  5. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    SC, USA
    Posts
    599

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by derekcohen View Post
    Where does this fit in?





    Regards from Perth

    Derek
    Hello, Lee Valley customer service. My new PM-V11 chisels are having some edge retention issues when chopping dovetails... No.. Nothing out of the ordinary about the wood - I use it all the time...

    Yes - it may have a high silica content.. Why do you ask... .

  6. #5
    FenceFurniture's Avatar
    FenceFurniture is offline The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    1017m up in Katoomba, NSW
    Posts
    10,649

    Default

    Here's a link to the chart.

    Obviously skewed to the USA market, but that's ok. I wonder how much Gidgee and Spotty they see over there? Spotty may even be growing there, but Gidgee? They've listed "external lumber" as the only use for Spotty, but we all know it has many many more uses than that (and what do they mean by that? Fencing? Cladding?).

    No mention of Oregon either.
    Regards, FenceFurniture

    COLT DRILLS GROUP BUY
    Jan-Feb 2019 Click to send me an email

  7. #6
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Mt Crosby, Brisbane
    Posts
    2,548

    Default

    Bluegum for fences pallets and construction ??? Pallets ???!!!
    I'm just a startled bunny in the headlights of life. L.J. Young.
    We live in a free country. We have freedom of choice. You can choose to agree with me, or you can choose to be wrong.
    Wait! No one told you your government was a sitcom?

  8. #7
    FenceFurniture's Avatar
    FenceFurniture is offline The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    1017m up in Katoomba, NSW
    Posts
    10,649

    Default

    Yeah, I bought a 250x50mm stick of Bluegum 4 metres long from Boutique to make some pallets from, but I sanded a bit up and I think I'll make a table instead.
    Regards, FenceFurniture

    COLT DRILLS GROUP BUY
    Jan-Feb 2019 Click to send me an email

  9. #8
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Hobart
    Posts
    5,107

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Yeah, I bought a 250x50mm stick of Bluegum 4 metres long from Boutique to make some pallets from, but I sanded a bit up and I think I'll make a table instead.
    Nice, FF

    But which blue gum did you buy? Sydney blue gum (E saligna) - not mentioned in the above table - has a hardness yanka of around 9 kN (Bootles), whereas Tasmanian blue gum (E globulus) has a yanka of 12 (Bootles).

    However, even with E globulus there are essentially three different "types" of blue gum on the market:
    • Old growth - Hardness 12 kN - rich dark brown timber,
    • Regrowth - Hardness 10.5 kN - slightly lighter colour,
    • Plantation - Hardness around 6.5-7 kN - much lighter colour, often similar to mountain ash.



    Cheers

    Graeme

  10. #9
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Woodstock (Cowra)
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,372

    Default

    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

    Cheers
    Ray

  11. #10
    FenceFurniture's Avatar
    FenceFurniture is offline The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    1017m up in Katoomba, NSW
    Posts
    10,649

    Default

    Sydney Bluegum. I have some very nice pics taken in Bluegum Forest (Blue Mountains NP) about 20 years ago, but they are trannies.
    Regards, FenceFurniture

    COLT DRILLS GROUP BUY
    Jan-Feb 2019 Click to send me an email

  12. #11
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    bilpin
    Posts
    3,551

    Default

    Lignum Vitae.

  13. #12
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Hobart
    Posts
    5,107

    Default Wonder what Aluminium Is ?

    Quote Originally Posted by rustynail View Post
    Lignum Vitae.
    Hi Rustynail

    Bootles says as follows:
    • Lignum vitae - Guaiacum officinale - Janka 20 kN
    • Gidgee - Acasia cambagei - Janka 19 kN


    Didn't realise gidgee was so soft, but it sure is prettier, especially as used by Terry Gordon.


    Cheers

    Graeme

  14. #13
    Join Date
    Jun 2000
    Location
    Western Australia
    Age
    77
    Posts
    3,679

    Default

    We here in the west consider Wandoo a hard timber with a Janks of 15.0 according to this http://www.artistictimberfloors.com....ss-Ratings.pdf it shows Bamboo as 14.7 Janka .
    I have some Wandoo growing here ,a good chain is required to get through it .
    Johnno

    Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

  15. #14
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Shoalhaven Heads NSW
    Age
    71
    Posts
    8

    Default

    Hey Fence,
    'Oregon', as a species, is short for Oregon Pine. Found this very good info at Wooden Boat forum.
    Oregon Pine is Euro (and Brit and Aus) speak for Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii.
    Prior to its getting parked under its own genus, Pseudotsuga (literally, "false hemlock") back in 1867, it was at various times parked under all of the following genera: Pinus (pines), Picea (spruces), Abies (true firs), Tsuga (true hemlocks), and Sequoia (redwoods).
    When I moved here from California in '87 and went to work for Hudson's in Blacktown, I was heartily confused over the Oregon thing, cause I KNEW that most of their 'Oregon' was actually Canadian! Douglas Fir is indeed on that list. Not really very hard at all and with a very unforgiving tendency to splinter. Requires a bit of experience to use in fine woodworking. Old growth, rarely seen, save for recycled, is preferred as most stuff you would get at a timber yard is unseasoned regrowth and very 'bony' in reference to the marked difference in density between early and late wood. Think 20 rings per inch or more for old growth. HEAPS more stable and softer to work. Here's a link to the WIKI page, which is VERY informative.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_fir
    Hope that helps. Cheers

    Jim Pearson
    Born and raised on Douglas Fir and California Redwood

  16. #15
    FenceFurniture's Avatar
    FenceFurniture is offline The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    1017m up in Katoomba, NSW
    Posts
    10,649

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    No mention of Oregon either.
    Quote Originally Posted by beserkleyboy View Post
    'Oregon', as a species, is short for Oregon Pine. Found this very good info at Wooden Boat forum.
    Oregon Pine is Euro (and Brit and Aus) speak for Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii.
    G'day Jim, yeah I know - I was just being cheeky to see if I could get any bites - so thanks!

    Actually I didn't know about it being called Oregon Pine (and it's a Fir) but the legend is that some genious called it Oregon because that was what was stamped on it when it arrived here. I've always been amused by the thought of some Aussie going to a lumber yard in the States to purchase some Oregon. "Well hey buddy, just how much money have you got? You want a coupla acres or just a house plot? Not a real friendly climate up there though....."
    Regards, FenceFurniture

    COLT DRILLS GROUP BUY
    Jan-Feb 2019 Click to send me an email

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Measuring timber Hardness
    By BobL in forum TIMBER
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 18th November 2012, 03:25 PM
  2. Replies: 13
    Last Post: 20th April 2012, 03:23 PM
  3. Timber Hardness ?
    By Burfodus in forum TIMBER
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 28th July 2010, 05:15 PM
  4. What's the hardest timber you've milled?
    By Sigidi in forum SMALL TIMBER MILLING
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 28th March 2008, 08:43 PM
  5. Hardest Timber in Tasmania
    By reeves in forum TIMBER
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 8th April 2007, 02:53 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •