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Lucasade
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Monkey puzzle
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September 28, 2015, 01:48:40 pm »
I'm cutting down a monkey puzzle tree (araucaria araucana) for someone in a couple of weeks and it's got a lovely straight trunk. Is it useful for anything beyond firewood?
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autologus
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Re: Monkey puzzle
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September 28, 2015, 02:17:55 pm »
Isn't that species considered endangered?
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Lucasade
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Re: Monkey puzzle
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September 28, 2015, 02:26:17 pm »
Not in a garden in Warwickshire...
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DavidV
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Re: Monkey puzzle
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September 28, 2015, 03:24:52 pm »
It has a lower Specific gravity than Yellow pine and half the Janka hardness, I wouldn't make a bow out of it. Maybe you could get some straight billets for arrows.
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Eddie Parker
Re: Monkey puzzle
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September 28, 2015, 04:55:10 pm »
It's not protected here and is a nuisance. You don't want to step on the leaves barefooted.
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Lakeland, Florida
If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?
Lucasade
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Re: Monkey puzzle
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September 29, 2015, 02:12:41 am »
Those were the lines I was thinking along - thank you.
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