Acacia wood

[glenpen]

A friend in the south is knocking down a Acacia tree and has asked me if some of the wood would be suitable for pen making, he says it looks red.
Advice please
Glen

 

[Penpal]

Acacia is one huge family of timber, if its red and bleeds sap could be a Wattle tree (Acacia)might be an indicator to follow up. Acacia was used in the Ark of The Covenant.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

Yes, very suitable for pen making, however, both acacia and pseudo-acacia in the UK are both yellow as far as I know.

 

[Penpal]

Waddy Wood a rare Desert Timber also Acacia.

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

Glen said his friend was in the south Peter, and admittedly he didn't specify just how far south, but I kind of got the impression he wasn't quite YOUR far south

I'm only teasing - that's a nice timber.

 

[Pastor of Muppets]

Acacia is also the wood of the Freemasons I'm turning a couple of slimlines for some Masonic handshake colleagues, both of which are a gorgeous Yellow colour.

 

[Penpal]

Ineresting thing about the Ark of The Covenant the timber was covered in precious decorations.

Peter,

 

[KevinMc]

Glen said his friend was in the south Peter, and admittedly he didn't specify just how far south, but I kind of got the impression he wasn't quite YOUR far south

I'm only teasing - that's a nice timber.

At what point does South become North again?

I keep having to look up these woods you all keep talking about to see what the XYZ tree looks like...



Kevin

 

[wm460]

There are some 1350 species of Acacia found throughout the world and close to 1000 of these are to be found in Australia.

 

[wm460]

At what point does South become North again?





Kevin

Distance: 4,894.14 mi (7,876.35 km) from where I live!

 

[Penpal]

Add a couple of thousand to our area onto Tennant Creek.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Add a couple of thousand to our area onto Tennant Creek.

Peter.

Subtract you mean.

 

[wm460]

Distance: 4,894.14 mi (7,876.35 km) from where I live!

Distance between Canberra, Australia and the South Pole

6091 km = 3785 miles

 

[Penpal]

Not many people travel to the UK via the Sth Pole thank goodness.

Peter.