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11th October 2006, 07:11 PM #1
wow
you guys turn these right
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11th October 2006, 07:27 PM #2
So are they on your property? They look better as vases
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11th October 2006, 07:39 PM #3
They can be turned, but be warned, in most places it is illegal to cut or harvest these plants. I think you are meant to have a license to collect them
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DJ
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11th October 2006, 07:43 PM #4
not in WA
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11th October 2006, 07:44 PM #5
Okay, I acknowledge that there may be a pen or three in it, but what is it?
Chris
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11th October 2006, 07:49 PM #6
Hi Chris,
It's a Blackboy grasstree Xanthorrhoea australisCheers
DJ
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11th October 2006, 08:10 PM #7
They must be pretty old to be that tall?
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11th October 2006, 08:17 PM #8
You sure Auzzie. When I lived in Perth it was illegal to harvest them, just like any other wildflower. You could get them though, from road widening projects and private properties.
They are a mess to turn because the grain is very fine and grows out radially. Definitely breathing apparatus required. But they turn beautifully and look very nice when done.
Auzzie, you haven't got any pictures of turned blackboy have you?
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11th October 2006, 08:29 PM #9
If you are goig to turn Blackboy make sure that you a respirator on as the dust from this is not pleasant, one of the worst irritants around.
Cheers
BarryIf it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck then it's a friggin duck.
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11th October 2006, 08:37 PM #10
I've turned blackboy, but I hate it. It has a bad image, because a lot of novice turners use it, and make it look shocking. Yesx the dust is also a problem, so I hardly ever turn it. And plus, you can't even use shellawax cream on it, so why use it? Horrible stuff,
Can't stand it, but enjoy seeing other people's end products of this infamous material.
Joash
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11th October 2006, 08:38 PM #11
Kak dela? Rad znakomstvu
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12th October 2006, 02:16 AM #12
pretty good and you? Learning Russian now are we?
Those grass trees are really amazing plants. Sometimes called native bread. You can also get the resin that is used to hold spear tips and the like on. Also very inflammable stuff.
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12th October 2006, 10:13 AM #13
cant do it
carnt do it my lathe is Horizontal....needa vertical one.......
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12th October 2006, 11:27 AM #14
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12th October 2006, 12:43 PM #15
Thanks, Weisy, never saw one before. Looks like they were cut into chunks, then re-stacked to finish growing. )
Al
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