Penpal
Grand Master
I regard Hairy Oak ( not related to Oak Trees we know) as the prince of timbers easy as to turn beautiful with the grain but magnificent cut across the grain, note this requires care and skill. This Aussie only grown timber in the north of Australia gets its name from the thick hair like bark and the beautiful medullary rays its colour varies with sapwood and where it grows. Drilling is tricky it can burn drills if not carefull.
When I first discovered it so long ago I found it exciting then cut on the cross looks like a Tigers skin, sometimes it finishes almost translucent.
Two pics from standing up on steps over the kitchen table SWMBO remarked looks like a spiders web.
Kind regards Peter.
When I first discovered it so long ago I found it exciting then cut on the cross looks like a Tigers skin, sometimes it finishes almost translucent.
Two pics from standing up on steps over the kitchen table SWMBO remarked looks like a spiders web.
Kind regards Peter.