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Thread: Wattle good to turn or not?
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22nd July 2012, 05:46 PM #1
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Wattle good to turn or not?
Helping FIL cut down some wattle trees. Is it worth stashing away until it is dry to turn? Branch in photo is 60-70 mm round. Trunk about 100mm.
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22nd July 2012, 06:57 PM #2
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If you can stop it from splitting, you can get some nice pieces out of it. I have had little luck in stopping it from splitting.
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22nd July 2012, 09:22 PM #3
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HI PACMAN,
Silver wattle is good to turn green in larger sizes i turn a lot wattle bowls 300/450mm leave in corner of the shed for 4/5 months then finnish it has a very nice grain and nice lusture with danish oil.
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23rd July 2012, 10:31 AM #4
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Sally wattle is fine
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23rd July 2012, 11:00 AM #5
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Black Wattle also good
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23rd July 2012, 04:24 PM #6
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Black Wattle, Green Wattle and of course A.melanoxylon, Blackwood with the usual care to avoid splitting.
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23rd July 2012, 08:31 PM #7
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hi pacman,
i have had a few attempts at turning sally wattle and all have ended the same way
if you can cut out the centre it might be alright
Originally Posted by hughie
if it's only 60mm/70mm it is probably not worth it
if you want my opion i would burn it rather than turn it
just my two bobs worth
cheers smiife
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23rd July 2012, 09:53 PM #8
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Wattle is an acacia & there are somewhere between 950 & 1000 different sorts of Acacia in Australia & more than 1350 worldwide.
It all varies, some of it is magnificent if you cut it & store it the right way.
I love the side grain of Brown Salwood AKA Sally Wattle but the end grain isn't so good.
Blackwood & Gidgee probably the best, Mulga is pretty inside but the stuff I have tried cracked.
List of Acacia species - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCliff.
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23rd July 2012, 09:54 PM #9
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Oops, I forgot about Raspberry Jam but I haven't tried it.
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23rd July 2012, 11:20 PM #10
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I was given part of a tree the old farmer called it hickory wattle and it turned up nice!
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24th July 2012, 09:34 AM #11
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