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Timber ID. Grevillea or Casuarina ?
I recently turned a pen out of this stuff, which created some discussion on its true identity. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f69/gr...-stylus-226540
I have always called it Pascoe Grevillea, because I collected a few small logs that were knocked down due to some roadworks near the Pascoe River on Cape York over 20 years ago.
I remember the area where the trees were growing was pretty arid country, one of the locals joked that even Goanna's needed a water bag to cross it. It was sandy soil, and these particular trees were the dominant tree in a lot of this area, some had an orange flower which was similar to a Silky Oak flower. They were mostly about 3 metres tall and had trunks around 100-120mm diameter.
I vaguely remember the leaves being more like a Grevillea than the typical She-Oaks that grew up that way.
I found a couple of the small bits I still have left. I cleaned up the ends on the mitersaw, and gave the faces a quick lick with a semi-sharp hand plane.
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