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New interesting timber

#1 Post by Flatliner » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:51 pm

I was given a couple of small logs of this a while back. Today I was cutting up an off-cut to see what it was like and found that the perfect quarter cut looks like this.
The faces in the photo are about 20 mm wide. the wood in the background is Sandalwood.
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Pretty specky hey :shock: 8) . The guy that gave it to me called it Orange Boxwood but I can't find that in any of my books. It's too soft to use as a structural timber in a bow but will make some nice features.

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Re: New interesting timber

#2 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:01 pm

That makes the eyes go funny just looking at it. Amazing grain pattern. I have never heard of it before.

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Re: New interesting timber

#3 Post by toby » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:13 pm

That looks fantastic, I'd be interested to know what timber it really is when you find out.
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#4 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:36 pm

Nice stuff,certainly different :biggrin:

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#5 Post by yeoman » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:05 am

That looks fantastic!

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Re: New interesting timber

#6 Post by bigbob » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:11 am

Unreal Rob, pity it might be a bit soft for bows. imagine it as lams or riser features!
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Re: New interesting timber

#7 Post by kerry » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:58 pm

looks like tiger myrtle :confused:
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Re: New interesting timber

#8 Post by Trad Bound » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:13 pm

Or Grevillea Robtus (Silky Oak).
How soft is it?

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Re: New interesting timber

#9 Post by Flatliner » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:37 pm

I think it's actually a Kind of Desert Oak.

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Re: New interesting timber

#10 Post by rodlonq » Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:27 pm

Thats psychedelic baby.. LOL Cant wait to see what you do with that Rob, nice find.

No properties but the description may help you find some more of it.

http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data ... sperma.htm

However the timber in this article looks quite different

http://www.ttit.id.au/treepages/orangeboxwood.htm

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Re: New interesting timber

#11 Post by perry » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:14 am

Never seen it before but I'll lay odds it's a Grevillea, I immediately thought it would make nice Knife Scales

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