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Twisted Trees:
Story is I got a bunch of cubes of heavily varnished 80mm cubes of unknown timber that had been candle holders or something, for £2 in a charity shop. added it to the pile of wood to play with on a rainy day, and until today hadn't even looked under the varnish.

Turns out they are a glue up of small batons, cuts very fine so fine the smaller shavings went upwards to the air filter rather than fall to the floor. It is quite brittle plus of course being a glue up care needs to be taken as I didn't make the joints, but it has a charm, that in this time of clearing up the odds and ends in the workshop make me want to use it.

In picture 3 ignore the top inset and the joint band, they are other timbers I know about! second picture is unpolished end grain.

Les Symonds:
I think we'll have to wait for Steve with this, but in the meanwhile, are you sure it's wood? It looks more like a bamboo or palm of some description, so it could be closer to the large grass varieties than it is to wood.
Les

Bill21:

--- Quote from: Les Symonds on March 30, 2020, 10:13:04 PM ---I think we'll have to wait for Steve with this, but in the meanwhile, are you sure it's wood? It looks more like a bamboo or palm of some description, so it could be closer to the large grass varieties than it is to wood.
Les

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That’s what I was thinking.

Twisted Trees:
Hi Les / Bill

My first thought was bamboo, though I have had a bamboo turning blank before and it wasn't as heavy as this stuff which is about the same as Beech.

My second thought was Steve will know... so I took a photo and uploaded it  :)

bodrighywood:
Looks more like laminated grass doesn't it. Steve, where are you !! Only other thing I can think of is perhaps some sort of palmira?


Pete

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