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  1. 18th October 2019, 03:34 PM #1
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    Lucky enough to be given some nice turning wood. The guy who collected it passed away a couple of years ago. The small piece that made Bowl 1 was marked as Mulga. The family told me the other timber (Bowl 2 and the other pieces pictured) was also Mulga but it wasn't marked. It looks different and is different colours. Both timbers had the same "feel" when turning and finishing. Both are very heavy and dense and both turned and finished very well although they were very hard - lots of trips to the grinder. Can anyone help with the correct identification of the timbers please?

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    Gorgeous bowls sir.
    I have no idea on which timber they are.
    I’ve used some gidgee on toys I’ve made which blunted a number of router bits, bandsaw blades and circular saw blades; as hard as concrete.
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    PS how big are the bowls please?
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    (bowl 2) Looks to me to be a "beefwood," a Grevillea, which one I'm not so sure about. Most likely to be G. striata from the bark.

    Edit - check out Vern's TTIT site - Beefwood
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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    Gorgeous bowls sir.
    I have no idea on which timber they are.
    I’ve used some gidgee on toys I’ve made which blunted a number of router bits, bandsaw blades and circular saw blades; as hard as concrete.
    Cheers crowie.


    PS how big are the bowls please?
    Thanks Crowie. Both turned up really nice. #1 is 14cm diameter. #2 is 16cm diameter and 7cm high.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    (bowl 2) Looks to me to be a "beefwood," a Grevillea, which one I'm not so sure about. Most likely to be G. striata from the bark.

    Edit - check out Vern's TTIT site - Beefwood
    Thanks Moby. Beefwood certainly looks like a good contender but this one had absolutely none of the dreaded resin that has turned Vern off this wood. It has probably been down for 20+ years so maybe that's long enough to avoid the resin problem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by doragus View Post
    Thanks Moby. Beefwood certainly looks like a good contender but this one had absolutely none of the dreaded resin that has turned Vern off this wood. It has probably been down for 20+ years so maybe that's long enough to avoid the resin problem.

    I've turned both, some with resin that seems to be inexhaustible, and others with none. Presumably different species, or perhaps simply different growing conditions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyturns View Post
    I've turned both, some with resin that seems to be inexhaustible, and others with none. Presumably different species, or perhaps simply different growing conditions.
    On that basis I think we'll declare it to be Beefwood.
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    I'd reckon 1 is mulga and the rest beefwood.
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