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Offline cadet

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nice wood...
« on: October 03, 2015, 11:25:20 pm »
As if I needed another hobby...
Had this (property owner in outback NW NSW where I got it calls it hakea) in the shed for years, and just got around to splitting some to use as tops and legs for little bush stools:


Have a bit of mulga, bullock bush/inland rosewood and some sheoak too; they'd probably all make lovely knife handles, so there's another skill/hobby to try and master...
Next time I go there, there's a dense mulga forest with a lot of tall and straight (for mulga) trees; I'll cut some for bows.  Might be a bit interesting, given that the stuff has a density of about 1050kg/m3 dry, and can fit 200 growth rings into 6 inches...
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Offline Ardent

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Re: nice wood...
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2015, 12:10:01 am »
For us non-metric people, 1050 kg/m3 is 65.5 lbs/ft3. For comparison, ipe is 69 lbs/ft3 and osage orange is 53 lbs/ft3.
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Offline sieddy

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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2015, 03:51:05 am »
That sure is extremely nice wood!  :)
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2015, 08:35:11 am »
That looks VERY hard. Is it brittle and not one to bend?
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Offline GB

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Re: nice wood...
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2015, 02:16:15 pm »
Beautiful wood!  Bet it would make a pretty handle on a wood lam bow.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: nice wood...
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2015, 04:02:31 pm »
Quote from: Ardent on October 04, 2015, 12:10:01 am
For us non-metric people, 1050 kg/m3 is 65.5 lbs/ft3. For comparison, ipe is 69 lbs/ft3 and osage orange is 53 lbs/ft3.

And water is about 84 lbs per cubic foot, so that helps you figure density of the wood.
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: nice wood...
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2015, 04:35:52 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on October 04, 2015, 04:02:31 pm
Quote from: Ardent on October 04, 2015, 12:10:01 am
For us non-metric people, 1050 kg/m3 is 65.5 lbs/ft3. For comparison, ipe is 69 lbs/ft3 and osage orange is 53 lbs/ft3.

And water is about 84 lbs per cubic foot, so that helps you figure density of the wood.

Actually, at 80 degrees F, Water is around 62.22 lbs/cubic foot.

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