I can see the text and photos on the screen, but both photos are blurry to me when I click to zoom in, so I can't see any detail nor can I see any purple.
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Have no idea what waddees wood but coming from Winton and the fact was sold as firewood and for that alone I say your dealing with gidgee as can't beat that for firewood she a good heat for hours and hours and as you said hard as hobs as hell to turn.
keep on plugging away
yes I agree its gidgee waddy is dark purple,almost black in color,I get it around birdsville ,will see if I still have a photo
The Waddi tree (Acacia peuce) is found only in three locations in Australia.
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Waddi tree populations have shrunk back to only three on the edges of the Simpson Desert.
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Hi BD,
I have really enjoyed reading this post and the photos. I am a Texas with a kee interest in the ironwoods. I have a block the densest America wood: black ironwood from Florida, and some Mexican Sanoran ironwood. Of course, lots of mesquite as well..but waddywood is indeed the densest.
I look forward to reading more about this species. Glad to be a new member to this forum!
Cheers,
Lon
I've got Waddi from 3 different trees out in the shed and none of them look anything like that :shrug:
The first piece I got came with the story that stockyards out that way were often made from Waddi and have been standing since the area was first settled. One of the cockies has supposed to have said that you can take as much as you like . . . as long as you replace it with railway-line - makes it a little difficult :;
I'd say def not waddi and also def it looks nice:)
The pics posted of the fence post do NOT look like waddywood to me. The most characteristic feature of this old wood is its very dark purple colour, not how it works, finishes etc. Nor does the grinder look like waddywood. (It could be another outback acacia (there are many and all dense hard with dark brown heartwoods, many fragrant. ... unlike waddywood.)
If fence post was from a remote waddywood area it could have been but going by its appearance I'd say not its not waddy wood. For pics of the real wood see below or Timber Forum
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old Log cross section left & flat-sawn section on right both showing old heartwood
As you say members of this society IWCS have authentic samples. (I've been an active member for 30 years and writer about desert woods and trees for that long too.)
Here below is a pic of a branch stub about 40mm dia showing heartwood, sapwood and bark. It was cut 20+ yrs ago and is authentic. The colur is distorted a bit
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That wood colour shown above is much closer to what I know of this species, even though density is not quite high enough.
My measurements (on the block I showed) are about 1.42 g/cc.
The turned original fence post colour and shaker look nothing like it IMO. Colour is one of the most distinctive wood properties of this species.
Your contact should be able to confirm its origins etc