Holliday Wood

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Graeme K
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Holliday Wood

#1 Post by Graeme K » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:35 pm

Hi Folks
Below is a photo of the timber that I cut while I was traveling up the coast.
There are a number of interesting things some I have never even considered.
Grey Mangrove ----------Avicennia Marina
Brown Tamarind ---------Jagera pseudorhus
Broad leaf Tamarind------Diploglotis Cunninghamii
Spotted Gum -----------Eucalyptus maculata
Brush Box--------------Lophostemon confertus

I am keen to see how the Mangrove works as it seems like nice stuff.

Graeme
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#2 Post by Buford » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:16 pm

how do you find the brush box for a bow wood? I have used it in footings, seems very tough.
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#3 Post by Graeme K » Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:47 pm

Hi Matt
I have not tried it as yet but I think it should be good -- the only problem is that it seems to have a lot of knots
so it may be difficult to find a clean bit

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#4 Post by longbow steve » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:28 pm

Nice Haul Graeme, keep us updated :D Steve

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#5 Post by Graeme K » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:02 pm

Hi Steve
Yes I was pleased with the variety of interesting things -- I am currently working all the roughed out bows down to floor tiller and tying them to things to dry. I have decided that working on them green is the best thing for me as it saves all the waiting for the wood to dry then finding it is riddled with faults and no good. Also now I have worked out a method of dealing with the green timber it takes me only a fraction of the time to do the initial shaping and allows me to do some shape and alignment corrections while it is drying.

Graeme

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#6 Post by TomD » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:58 pm

Graeme,

Did you experiment further with mangrove - am very interested in trying it.

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#7 Post by muntries » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:25 pm

Avicennia Marina grows down here in Victoria, Wilsons Prom is the worlds most southerly distribution. Never ever seen it growing good enough for timber, always seems a bit mangey but you never know what you can find. Certainly an interesting choice of timber amd I'd be interested in seeing the end product.
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#8 Post by Bandsaw » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:11 am

They all look great, I cant wait to see the finished bows and hear how they shoot.
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Re: Holliday Wood

#9 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:19 pm

Fellas, Graeme doen't post on here much anymore and his emails are bouncing so you may not get a reply from him for awhile.

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#10 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:24 pm

G'day Bandsaw,just go back through Graeme K's threds ,if you go back to October 30 2008 you'll see a brigalow bow he did............Rod

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#11 Post by Bandsaw » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:43 pm

cheers rod, i'll check it out.
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