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29th May 2015, 09:50 AM #1
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Firewood is better than my "good" wood...
I found this in the fire wood heap. Will save what I can for a pen or two...
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29th May 2015, 11:02 AM #2
I always check out firewood piles, often you find a bit they couldn't split any further, to narly and twisted but perfect for small pieces
Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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3rd June 2015, 09:45 PM #3
I so totally relate to this. I'm getting firewood at the moment and it's really frustrating! So much Blackwood, Figured stringy. It seems every time I have a pile at the front of the trailer to put aside for makin' stuff or sellin'. Then I gotta find time for milling it and find somewhere to stash it. Ohhh life is so tedious.
Tim. A man of measurable mess.
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3rd June 2015, 10:15 PM #4
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Any idea what it is?
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4th June 2015, 04:55 PM #5
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Nice!
Looks like it could be Messmate (a stringybark) to me from bark and the gum veins.
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8th July 2015, 02:06 PM #6
Too true! I found these rather nice bits of fiddlebacked Black Wattle in MIL's firewood pile, a while back: BW handles.jpg
I had to knock a few more bits of wood off here & there to release the handles, of course...The irony is, I took the wattle there in the first place - cut up the butt of a tree in a pile of rubbish that was waiting to be torched. Most of the black wattles around my place are full of grub holes & defects, but still, I must've had a brain fade not to at least look at the wood before hacking it into firewood sized billets. Just lucky I got bored during the next visit & wandered out to split a bit of wood....
Cheers,IW