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ABCP--The African Blackwood Tree

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some interesting reads about Dalbergia Melanoxylon.
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number is valid - i've seen your missed calls however I was on another call so couldnt answer.

give you a buzz back in 10 mins.

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Jeelan

Hi,

I have a bunch of African Blackwood pieces for sale. They come in various sizes.

The timber is a mix of heartwood and sap wood. There are some natural edge planks as well.



Pen...

Toolin around

the weight of a block that size is 16kg. it works to about $45 - $47 via normal mail, a few dollars more if it's registered.

cheers
Jeelan

Shane

alcohol and tools....not a good mix!!! :D

rgds
Jeelan

hi Wild Dingo

100mm x 100mm x 1m blackwood - $120

100 x 100 x 1m olive - $80

No probs regarding pickup.

PM me or shoot me an email on [email protected] to organise a...

believe it or not it actually DOES make awesome firewood....when i was young and stupid i burnt a few logs over the course of a winter and boy did it burn well!!! very oily though

cheers
Jeelan

hi all

as promised, here are some more pics. Hope fully these will address some of the questions that hv been raised earlier.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/jeelanamin/th_IMG_0141.jpg...

Some do include the centre of the tree, however from what i can tell, on these, most of the cracking runs on the outside face of the blocks and about a 10-15mm in on one face or so.

about two...

hi Cam

thanks for that.

I see where you've coming from, however pls understand that the
Blackwood is a different ball game all together.

First, because it is by its very nature a very...

hi

sorry about that.

the Pricing is as follows

BLACKWOOD

For Pen Blanks - 25mm x 25mm x 300mm - $10 plus postage

hi all

I have some pieces of African Blackwood and East African Olive for sale.

African Blackwood is also known as Dalbergia Melanoxylon and E.African Olive is Olea Hochstetteri.

Both are...

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I'm working on a small slab to make a clock face from it (my first slab) and was curious about how to "seal" the edges.

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As far as i know, all rosewoods belong to the Genus Dalbergia. Having said that, that's where the confusion starts as almost every continent has a native rosewood species. Also, not every...

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thanks for all the suggestions you've put forward.

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Thanks for the info mate. the thinnest blade i can pick up with 3-4 TPI is 12mm so i'll try it with that and let you know the results.

cheers
Jeelan

thanks all for the response and advise.

On the issue of hte chain saw, i've got logs that are between 8-10inches in diametre and about 2ft in length. A chain saw would waste too much wood and i'd...

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I have about a several doz logs of African Blackwood and i'd like to know what the best way of storing it?

For those familiar with it, the wood is extremely dense and also quite oily,...

I wouldnt want it any other way!!

I'm still learning the fine art of manipulating the other half to get what i want but from what i've noted there's many a folks on this forum who have perfected...

looks great RodM...

something for me to wrk towards!!!

hehe.

jeelan

hi all....

thanks for the comments...

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