I have these trees and I have used some of it to create a couple of mallets and sliced some of it up to see how it handles. Up until now I have just used it for firewood.
It does not grow very big but the limbs are relatively straight so would be good for long straight pieces such as picture frames but it looks really nice with a great figure once finished.
The wood is quite dense and very brittle. We have several branches fall every time there is a high wind. We have maybe 50 trees scattered around. The nuts are maybe 50mm diameter and extremely spiky. They make good fire starters. It does shrink considerably as it dries. A 100mm section would end up with 2 or 3 5-10mm cracks that spiral around the log. As can be seen from the samples the grain is fairly straight. I am also thinking of using it for inlay work in darker woods such as Jarrah.
Any ideas as to the species?
John
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It does not grow very big but the limbs are relatively straight so would be good for long straight pieces such as picture frames but it looks really nice with a great figure once finished.
The wood is quite dense and very brittle. We have several branches fall every time there is a high wind. We have maybe 50 trees scattered around. The nuts are maybe 50mm diameter and extremely spiky. They make good fire starters. It does shrink considerably as it dries. A 100mm section would end up with 2 or 3 5-10mm cracks that spiral around the log. As can be seen from the samples the grain is fairly straight. I am also thinking of using it for inlay work in darker woods such as Jarrah.
Any ideas as to the species?
John
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