Thanks Derick for the great info and project photos.  Clearly the wood can
be made into nice stuff.  The plane, table, box and tool handles are
excellent.  As mentioned in my reply to Tony, I have some nice sections of
tree but unfortunately don't have a way to process wood that big and heavy
into planks.  I saved the roughly 6 ft section I mentioned in my reply to
Tony to try to make a bench or shaving horse - mainly using an adze and
broad-axe.  But looks like I should try to season some for handles and
stuff.

 

Here is a link on the type of tree,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuarina_equisetifolia

 

And

 

http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/casuarina-species/

 

Bill

 <http://www.bohlfamily.com> www.bohlfamily.com

 

 

 

 

From: Derek Cohen [mailto:derekcohen@i...] 
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2019 2:09 AM
To: oldtools@s...; bilcol@b...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Australian Pine Questions

 

Bill wrote:

https://i.postimg.cc/FztpKbJ2/111.jpg  

 

https://i.postimg.cc/HxqKZbk5/Entryfor-Australian-Wood-Review2009-html-m5b4e
f059.jpg

 

... to furniture (She-oak is my wife's favourite, and I built this sofa
table for her) ...

 

https://i.postimg.cc/LXr0j26X/30a.jpg

 

https://i.postimg.cc/yx4sxhFD/28a.jpg

 

... and boxes ...

 

https://i.postimg.cc/vBJTDydZ/A17.jpg

 

She-oak is very hard (more dense than Jarrah), a little less interlocked,
but also quite brittle - it can make great tool handles but watch the thin
sections. These Stanley 750 chisels received re-ground lands and She-Oak
handles ...

 

https://i.postimg.cc/GmRRD8vT/Chiselset1.jpg

 

Just for the record, I have not heard She-oak referred to as Australian
Pine. It is on the other end of the hardness range.

 

Regards from Perth

 

Derek