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  1. 26th March 2012, 05:43 PM #1
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    Cool Bulloak platter- how I discovered power sanding.

    I know I know! Use power sanding at work, but never have at home. But I turned this bull oak platter on the weekend and sanding it today I discovered that sand paper just did not do anything. So I dug out the set of sanding discs I won at SATurn last year (Thanks Tim Skilton ) and stuck it in my drill. Voila! Only done to 320, but doesn't look too bad. Can see some swirl marks that I would go at with finer paper. (Danish oil slapped on just for the pic. ) Won't fuss about this one any more though cos I discovered another crack as I was taking the pic that I can't call a feature. Think I'll get another bit of this wood though. From Brendon Stemp's friend Bill. My new favourite wood.
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  3. 26th March 2012, 05:52 PM #2
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    Beautiful looking stuff!
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  4. 26th March 2012, 06:37 PM #3
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    That is one amazing piece of Buloke. And you've done well with it. 320 is often all it needs.

    One of my favourite timbers. When it is good it is reeeeeally good.

    Billy has tons of the stuff, most of which goes to firewood.
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  5. 26th March 2012, 06:55 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by brendan stemp View Post
    That is one amazing piece of Buloke. And you've done well with it. 320 is often all it needs.
    Ah! So that is how you spell it. Tell Bill I want some big platter blanks. Maybe not with a knot in it cos that was REEEEEEEEEEALLY hard!
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    Very nice job, well done.
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    Some info about Buloke.

    National Threatened Species Day - Buloke woodlands fact sheet

    Seems its threatened. Better turn it into shavings before it disappears.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Some info about Buloke.

    National Threatened Species Day - Buloke woodlands fact sheet

    Seems its threatened. Better turn it into shavings before it disappears.
    That looks like what we call Beefwood up here.
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    There is a Bull-Oak.

    Allocasuarina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Bull-oak
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    Nice work TL, thats a spectacular piece of wood put to good effect.
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    Got to agree that I think Buloke is an under-rated timber for it's appearance. Not that I've done a lot with it and even though I treat it as a weed on my property (near Roma) because it interferes with my White Cypress Pine trees. I've got 300 acres of pen blanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by derekh View Post
    Got to agree that I think Buloke is an under-rated timber for it's appearance. Not that I've done a lot with it and even though I treat it as a weed on my property (near Roma) because it interferes with my White Cypress Pine trees. I've got 300 acres of pen blanks
    I like madelry rays. Buloke is silky oat on steroids.
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    What a fantastic timber - I don't care what you call it - I call it absolutely gorgeous and I'm very jealous.

    Someone start planting some for the future.
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    Very classy piece of timber there TL!!

    Casuarinas and allocasuarinas are amongst my favourite figured timbers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brendan stemp View Post
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    Billy has tons of the stuff, most of which goes to firewood.


    nice looking platter, TL
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