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A couple of local butchers get mine, only if I have iron bark shavings. They use it in their smoke rooms.:D

Hi Bob
I have a H&F 430 I bought one year ago from Toowoomba Wood Works (it always pays to give Ken a plug!). Can't remember the price exactly, but around what you have mentioned.
The table size is...

Australian Red Cedar grows in rainforest type environment in Australia and is a 'hardwood'. Western Red Cedar is a 'softwood', or in other words, a pine tree!

I live at Goombungee and they do grow here. Just watch your soil type, they may struggle in heavey dark soils.

Try Greenwattle Street Nursery. I picked up quite a few from there last week. They...

Clinton

Don't know much about 'pollarding'. We never used it in QLD forestry, although we used a lot of other methods to develop 'form' in plantation timbers.
You could try a search on eucalypt...

John
I won't hold that against you (being born in Miles that is). For me it's home and I love the place.
I have slabbed some trees of Emu apple or Emu plum as you called it.
It has a pink to...

Darley
Emu Apple or Owenia acidula is from western QLD/NSW. I have used it before and still have a few boards of it left, although I don't think the thickness would be suitable for pens (15mm). It...

Reeves
In my Forestry days, Brown Tulip Oak (Argyrodendron trifoliolatum) was always called hickory by the old wood cutters.
From your pickies it seems to be the same stuff. Qrail many, many years...

I tend to agree with Trevor (although he may be influenced? if you listen to Bruce?) E propinqa, punctata or major, all Grey gums are very hard (may not be the correct names now, the naming elves...

A very good woodworking mate of mine bought a LN62 at the beginning of the year from Carbatec in Brissy. He paid $481.00 for it. I used it once on some very curly narrow leaf red iron bark. What a...

Love the work :D :D :D :D :D

Welcome to the forums.
I have a MC900 and have had a few problems with it, not major!
Search these forums and you will find heaps of info on these lathes.
I love mine and it does everything I have...

Hennie
Not offended by your previous post, us aussies can cop it on the chin :D .
I did see your post on the fish tank, very good work!!!!!!!! and I asked a question on the timber you used.
...

Hennie
Great work, love the grain in your timber :D
You said it was 'red oak'. What is the scientific name?

regards

Lou
Great site :)

Ryan
I am in awe!
If you could give some of us boofheads (me) a 'heads up' (semacs) as how you even considered a piece like this, it would be appreciated. :o

You will all laugh at me, but why not try 'suede effects' paint? :o

Barry, I have a Sherwood MB 1931 (same as GMC, Ryobi etc diferent paint work though, very bright orange :D )
I'm unsure of the anti kickback feature. Mine has never suffered 'kickback' so I don't...

What, they look normal? :D
The muffins look good :D

Tasman
I agree with you. I have used Penetrol wood oil for nearly everything (I've read Neil's book (Bludy good book :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ), but if you don't find the patience to...

I thought it was, except for the colour?
I use Aquadhere+ for joining Ironbark boards together for kitchen bench tops. As yet I haven't had any problems (I use biscuits as well). I have had dramas...

A couple of years ago I started an obsession. These are only a couple that I have (about 250 of the bludy things now in variuos states of restoration?). I polish the irons and shafts, then add a...

What was the weather like Bob.
Yesterday you could had seen snow up there! :D

Frosty

The botanical name is Flindersia australis. There are about 15 species of Flindersia in Australia. With common names such as Qld Silver Ash, Qld Maple, Bennetts Ash, Leopardwood, Bumpy Ash...

Ryan and Mick


It's good to see that QLD's RFS is getting a well deserved plug!!!

I shouldn't be so slack, but I think I've mentioned something in my public profile :o

Brigalow

Smells like violets when worked. Hues of light honey to dark brown.
It's native! :D

QW
Any chance of posting basic plans/instuctions for the jigs? :D

What the? :confused:

Stevo
I'm still confused? (yes I'm from western QLD).
What progam did you use? Photoshop? (Someone else mentioned it in the thread).
Very good results considering the 28mm...

Outback
Interesting post.

My views, given where I live and work are as follows:-
I voted for the epoxy, mainly because it has not failed me, yet!
The reason I say this is that in areas of very...

Bruce
What do you call the "grey coloured" one? :confused:
I've noticed in the newer "Field Guide to Eucalypts" vol 3 and for that matter vol 1 that E. maculata (there was never ever any pun...

Gordo

What flavour does it impart (sweet, tart, mellow?) to the fish and what type of smoking, hot or cold?

regards

Outback

I have never come across the timber myself and can't comment on it, but I'll quote what Forest Trees of Australia says:- Quote
(WOOD: Heartwood, pale, not very durable; density about...

Dazzler
I have one of the "generic" thicknessers (very bright orange, I also call it my "neighbour annoyer") I bought from Timbecon some three years ago. I should add that the Ryobi, GMC, CT317 and...

Clinton

I'm not an expert, but I have a work bench with cypress legs and rails (75 x 50). The top is also cypress (75 x 50 laminated on the 75 side). Make sure your timber is well seasoned or it...

Lawrence
I just realised where you are from!
I would be a little bit concerned that the logs of that diameter (8" to 10")have been lying around for that length of time. I would assume (from your...

Clontarf is in Queensland, just a little north of Brisbane (Queensland's capital city).


regards

Try the following web page.
It is an Australian company that specialises in exporting aussie timbers.


www.ausslab.com

regards

You have done very well!
Keep it up, it's bl@#dly adictive!!! :D

Still have all my fingers and toes?
From my early forestry days, using chainsaws with no PPE, I have a couple of big scars on my knees. Big suckers they are, didn't feel it, but felt sh@##t house...

Good idea, but the way the QLD Government is by the time the timber is ready to harvest, they would have classified it as "remnant vegetation" under our Vegetation Management Act and wont be able to...

Cliff
I hope you remind your NSW friends who won the 1st State of Origin!!!!!!!! :D

Dan
This is the wood description for "shinning gum" out of Forest Trees of Australia.
(Sapwood susceptable to attack by Lyctus borers; heartwood straw-coloured or pale pink, straight grained, tough...

I don't understand? :confused:
Why question two totally different methods?
I have a mate (the only one I have) who has a Mark111 with the Triton circular saw attached.
He cannot get the accurate...

Victoria?
(I don't mean mexicans)

Craig
If the tree has been dead for about 1 to 2 years, pull some of the bark from the tree and have a look at the wood. My bet is that the tree will have very large fisures and cracks running up...

Rhizome
Very nice work indeed.
Questions. What finish did you use?
Is the ash large "section" or did you have to join it?
If not, did you have any problems with stability of the timber?

Once...

Burnie board

Carpet Stain

Cave man

Where's the Israeli army when you need them?