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Thread: Dogwood ... beefwood.
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13th February 2012, 09:31 AM #1
Dogwood ... beefwood.
The President of our woodturning club loves to tell this to
newcomers.
"This wood is "Dogwood" ... How do I know, because
I can tell by it's bark".
He caught me with that gag recently but now I am even
as I showed him a pen I just made from "Beefwood".
I said, "How do I know it was Beefwood ... because I made
it out of a garden steak from Bunnings gardening section.
Anyone else got one to tell?
AllanLife is short ... smile while you still have teeth.
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13th February 2012, 09:36 AM #2
At the Hastings Woodworkers Guild Clubrooms at Timbertown in Wauchope, There are several items that have been made of Eucalyptus Trainiata - wood collected from the fuel pile of the steam train.
Furthermore at monthly show and tell, there have been several - what's the timber questions answered by - Side-a-road-iata
.... some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ........................D.H. Lawrence
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13th February 2012, 09:43 AM #3
I would have thought there would be quite a bit of catwood about! Seeing that's the sound it makes going through the thicky.
(meeeeeeeeeoooooow)
anne-maria.
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(White with none)
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13th February 2012, 10:14 AM #4
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I've heard of driftwood before. Found beside river/ocean/lake.
-Scott
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13th February 2012, 11:02 AM #5
The local Woodturner Group Guru, when stuck for a name often calls unknown timbers ' Eucalyptus Roadus Besidus'
HazzaBIt's Hard to Kick Goals, When the Ba^$%##ds Keep moving the Goal Posts.
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13th February 2012, 01:14 PM #6
You can always identify cedar because you can see da grain pattern.
I thought a crate that carried parts here from the UK was English Box but when I asked a Kiwi bloke what he thought of it he just said "It looks Oak ay".
And of course if you have 2 identical pieces of wood they must be pear.Cheers, Bob the labrat
Measure once and.... the phone rings!
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13th February 2012, 03:08 PM #7
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I needed something to match up with a pen kit, yep, cotton would
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13th February 2012, 05:31 PM #8
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13th February 2012, 06:08 PM #9
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13th February 2012, 06:50 PM #10
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13th February 2012, 06:55 PM #11
I have a pen that must be made of scribbly gum because I write with it and chew it!
Don't bother with wood from potato crates - they're only chipboard.
...and if everyone likes a piece of wood it must be poplar.Cheers, Bob the labrat
Measure once and.... the phone rings!
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13th February 2012, 07:36 PM #12
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We used to turn a lot of Eucalyptus whitepostei but they replaced a lot of these with Boralis Concretus which were real hard on the chisels but they have since replaced those with Whitus strippus Plasticy which are bloody useless for any turning.
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17th February 2012, 08:21 PM #13
My Dad always answered the question about timber species with "Beena Tree"