myrtle question

[old_picker]

got some of this in a 8x2 which was kind of light and softish with a pink colour
beautifull to work and a bit like mahogany
machines beautfull and a real pleasure to work with

got another smaller board which in contrast is a lot denser and pretty hard with a very even tight grain. the coulour is a deeper pink almost to a jarrah colour.

are these different types of myrtle? or are some boards light and others dense

[matildasmate]

got some of this in a 8x2 which was kind of light and softish with a pink colour
beautifull to work and a bit like mahogany
machines beautfull and a real pleasure to work with

got another smaller board which in contrast is a lot denser and pretty hard with a very even tight grain. the coulour is a deeper pink almost to a jarrah colour.

are these different types of myrtle? or are some boards light and others dense

Hows it goin Old Picker? I just recently cut some Yellow Mytle up , its got a number of colors through it mainly browns to straw , it may even have had some pink in it , cant remember now and its at the bottom of the stack , which has Sheoak , Blackwood and Banksia on top of it and more Blackwood going on top tomorrow . I will find out in about 12 months when I destack it . Cheers for now Manfred

[reeves]

yep, tassie myrtle (nothofagus cunninghammi) ranges from near whitsih to mid pink, red or light to dark purple with stripey bits..burl, rose myrtle, tiger myrtle and all sorts of variants...

nice myrtle tree here from nth east Tassie

http://www.johnreeves.com.au

[rsser]

Wot John said; varies a lot. Some of it comes from Vic forests as well.