G'day Clinton, its just good old martrix from you know where ...Originally Posted by Clinton Findlay
G'day Clinton, its just good old martrix from you know where ...Originally Posted by Clinton Findlay
Tim - in december last year I had to head over your way a few times.... should have caught up with you but it was short notice each time.
I would have like to have seen some of your veneers and veneer work "in the flesh".
Some Ai-Naas (?) a tropical rosewood from East Timor.
There is a large variation in the colour, from quite pale to very dark.... with the paler wood having more striations. An interesting timber that I plan on working with in the future.
Clinton,
I just did a floor out of that material. The supplier called it Australian Ash. I was never able to find out anything more than that.
Matt -
the pic of Ai-naas is a local timber in East Timor... I haven't been able to find out a scientific name.
I think that your Australian Ash flooring might be sold under an "Trade name" in the US... in Australian we have Victorian Ash and Tasmanian Oak.
Victoria and Tasmania are the names of two of our 'trade groups'. Both timber trade groups are suitable for flooring.
Tasmanian Oak is a mix of three eucalypt species that are pretty much identical in specifications.
The species are: Eucalyptus delegatensis, Eucalyptus obliqua and Eucalyptus regnans
Whilst Victorian Ash is mostly Eucalyptus regnans, however you may find Euc. delegatensis mixed in with it, and perhaps a little Eucalyptus sieberi.
here's a good link: http://www.tastimber.tas.gov.au/species/tasoak_01.asp
No-one wanted to buy any of the 4 Eucalyptus species... when they were marketed as Tasmanian Oak and Victorian Ash, demand jumped!
Eucalyptus Regnas is the worlds tallest flowering plant... the only trees taller are your Califorian Redwoods (which are conifer, not a flowering plant????). The tallest known live Euc. regnas is 99 meters tall, although a goverment surveyer measured a fallen Euc regans in the year 1872 at 133 meters (436 feet) in length with a diameter (at 5' from the ground) of 18'.
This tree's crown was broken off, so the total length is not known, but the trunk was still 3' in diameter where it had broken.
Enjoy the floor... it should be hard wearing!