Thread: Amazing Buloke

...beeeuudeeeeful. but the bloke timma is fulla worms

Agree with you about Buloke figure. At your first (?) turn fest I picked up a 6" bowl blank and it's stunning. Also v. heavy so I assume it's going to give my best HSS a good work-out.

G'day Brendan!! I like it a lot. The figure is wonderful

I know what you mean with the cracks and splitting of Buloke. I have got some old She Oak in the shed and can mostly get only small blanks from it, but it finishes really well.

Wowee Brendan!!Stunning figure and beautiful pieces.

The figure in the brush reminds me of Lace Sheoak.

Sure is nice. Where does it grow?

hi brendan,
very nice figure on the brush,they look very nice
do you sell those shaving sets??
cheers smiife

Wow Bendan , I recognise the razer timber, but that brush is like no other I have seen. Almost looks like cast thread noodles

Originally Posted by smiife

hi brendan,
very nice figure on the brush,they look very nice
do you sell those shaving sets??
cheers smiife

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Brendan,

I'll take your word that it's timber but with your reputation for resins I would not have been surprised you'd said it was thread noodles you'd cast and turned to see what happens.

Stunning grain, I can certainly see why you wanted to do something with it.

Originally Posted by brendan stemp

I have, for some time now, wondered what I can do with some of the most amazing pieces of timber I have seen. There are some pieces of Buloke that have extraordinary figure and colour to them but they often have cracks throughout which makes getting decent sized blanks out of them difficult. I have had to reluctantly burn it. However, I can get small pieces and this project seems perfect for them. I can also get pen blanks but I don't make pens. ENlarge the pic and look at the figure in the Buloke on the brush.

Hi Brendan,
One day Kenny Wraight dropped into see me and I showed him this large platter I was making that had several cracks that showed up inside a stunning piece of timber and he got me to fill the cracks with ebony dust and supaglue for a contrast to the 2 tone brown wood. Worked a charm, and now everyone admires the stunning platter with the filled in cracks,
Might be worth a go,
rgds,
Crocy

Originally Posted by Old Croc

Hi Brendan,
One day Kenny Wraight dropped into see me and I showed him this large platter I was making that had several cracks that showed up inside a stunning piece of timber and he got me to fill the cracks with ebony dust and supaglue for a contrast to the 2 tone brown wood. Worked a charm, and now everyone admires the stunning platter with the filled in cracks,
Might be worth a go,
rgds,
Crocy

THanks Crocy, yep, I'm quite happy to fill a crack or two. Epoxy resin is another good method.

Originally Posted by dr4g0nfly

Brendan,

I'll take your word that it's timber but with your reputation for resins I would not have been surprised you'd said it was thread noodles you'd cast and turned to see what happens.

Stunning grain, I can certainly see why you wanted to do something with it.

Good call DF. And when its polished up it looks even more like it is a composite. I have other pieces that have bigger swirls and they just dont look like timber at all.

Originally Posted by Kidbee

Sure is nice. Where does it grow?

I know it grows in my area; ie western Victoria and think I would be right in saying it grows west of the Great Dividing Range up to central NSW. It is a Casurina, like She Oak and looks quite similar to She Oak. One easy way to tell the difference is the needles(leaves) on the BUloke point upwards while those on the SO point downwards.

Originally Posted by brendan stemp

THanks Crocy, yep, I'm quite happy to fill a crack or two. Epoxy resin is another good method.

Brendan, on that note, is the resin that you use affected by Danish Oil or clear lacquer, as I used coloured Plasti Bond once, and it shrunk from the DO,
Rgds,
Crocy.