I have only ever dealt with smallish pieces of already dried Saligna, and my current slabbing operation is teaching me a few things.
First – Fresh-cut Eucalyptus is HARD. It took us about 30-40 minutes to cut each of the approximately 3m slabs.
Second – Fresh-cut Eucalyptus dulls chainsaw blades quite quickly. I was getting less than 2 slabs per sharpening. That’s ridiculous - I slabbed the whole Yellowwood trunk without needing to sharpen the chain even once.
Third – Saligna is beautiful and worth the effort I’m putting in.
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This tree has some sections of beautiful straight-grain which will be perfect for furniture legs, shelves, flooring etc. and some sections with beautifully whorled grain perfect for display pieces like counters, doors, table tops etc.
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Just by the way, these colours are accurate although a little muted because the weather was overcast.
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Chris Cunanan
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#1 posted 01-18-2010 03:32 PM
looks a lot better than most of the euc. i get around here….there’s too many holes in most of em…hear you on the hardness though, when i was cutting it once i remember thinking “what is this stuff, stone!?”
matt garcia
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#2 posted 01-18-2010 04:35 PM
That is really pretty lumber!! Whatcha gonna build with it?
-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX
Gary
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#3 posted 01-18-2010 05:51 PM
That’s really pretty stuff. Hope you post something you make
-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill
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#4 posted 01-18-2010 10:56 PM
I think when the wood is dry enough, I’ll make bookshelves, flooring, counters, doors, table tops, balustrades, boxes, – Whatever fills the need at the time.
Maybe the first will be a name board for our new home.
Not to worry – I will post pics when I make projects from this wood.
-- I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.
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