Thread: American Timbers

I'm sure the Aussie navy would take you in, be worth making contact with them. If you are interested let me know as my brother is in the navy and he should know who to contact.
What is it you do in the navy??

As for timbers Buckeye burl, Hackberry, Ambrosia even corn cob just of my head but anything would be very much appreciated I'm sure.
If not they can send it to me

Well almost all of them are hard to get here. Buck Eye Burl goes down well, and the Spalted Hackberry blanks I saw from our group buy sure look nice.

As for Ambrosia Rummy, do you mean Amboyna?

Heck, even things like maple burl we have to import here.

Russell.

how about stuff like Walnut, Maple, Alder, Cedar, and Red Oak? These are what we find in our home centers.

As far as the Navy goes, I am a supervisor of the Radar and Aegis Weapon System technicians. I plan on retiring from the Navy, and once I am out, I want to stay on land for a bit LOL

Originally Posted by interpim

how about stuff like Walnut, Maple, Alder, Cedar, and Red Oak? These are what we find in our home centers.

Well, we have lots of nice timbers over here already, so anything with straight grain probably doesn't hold much appeal, although there may be exceptions for unusual coloured woods like purpleheart or zebrano types. Anything burl or spalted always holds an interest. But any piece of wood that will look nice as a pen I'm sure would be appreciated. There's not much cross-over between your timbers and ours, as your timbers generally seem to be colder climate timber to ours. Fruit trees are probably the main ones we have similar to yours. None of the ones you metnioned are particularly common here, although we do have some Walnut, and our own versions of Cedars and Oaks, but I'm sure they are different timbers to yours.

Russell.

Ambrosia is a fungus that likes to get into trees after they have fallen... it creates some beautiful figure, but it is usually very punky and has to be stabilized or turned carefully.

Originally Posted by interpim

Ambrosia is a fungus that likes to get into trees after they have fallen... it creates some beautiful figure, but it is usually very punky and has to be stabilized or turned carefully.

Really? OK, well that's my lesson for the day.

Russell.

Well... another lesson for today, don't try to give information when you are looking at other websites for wood.

Ambrosia is not a fungus, it is a beetle, and when it infests a tree it creates the Ambrosia figure in wood... it comes with darkened streaks.

Desert Ironwood is also another favorite.