Gidgee - Printable Version

Gidgee - Printable Version

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Gidgee - Pedder - 10-10-2022

Hi Woodnetter,

it doesn't happen very often, that something new happens in the Two Lawyers Toolworks, but now I had a new wood under the file. Gidgee. It is so hard, that I was scared to use my good rasps. So a wild combination of coarse files and sandpaper had to do the job. Because I was extra carefully all the time nothing bad happened. This wood takes a lovely finish at p800.

If you like saws, enjoy the pictures:

[Image: IMG_20221009_200052.jpg]

Take care
Pedder

RE: Gidgee - Hank Knight - 10-10-2022

That's beautiful, Pedder!

RE: Gidgee - Pedder - 10-10-2022

Thank You very much, Hank!

RE: Gidgee - Tony Z - 10-10-2022

Absolutely gorgeous! Pushes all the right buttons!

RE: Gidgee - Pedder - 10-10-2022

(10-10-2022, 01:38 PM)Tony Z Wrote: Absolutely gorgeous! Pushes all the right buttons!

Thanks a lot Tony!

RE: Gidgee - Philip1231 - 10-10-2022

Pedder: Beautiful, as always. However: you sure that's not apple wood or perhaps cherry (always get them confused)
Big Grin

Best, Phil

(10-10-2022, 01:11 PM)Pedder Wrote: Hi Woodnetter,

it doesn't happen very often, that something new happens in the Two Lawyers Toolworks, but now I had a new wood under the file. Gidgee. It is so hard, that I was scared to use my good rasps. So a wild combination of coarse files and sandpaper had to do the job. Because I was extra carefully all the time nothing bad happened. This wood takes a lovely finish at p800.

If you like saws, enjoy the pictures:

Take care
Pedder

RE: Gidgee - iclark - 10-10-2022

Wow! Elegant and beautiful!

Do the screws even touch the spine?

RE: Gidgee - Aram - 10-10-2022

Gorgeous, Pedder! That wood could not have been put to better use.

RE: Gidgee - Pedder - 10-10-2022

Hi Guys, Thanks a lot for the kind words!

@philip1231 yes I'm very sure! This australian wood is so super dense and heavy. No chance to mix it up with apple.

@iclark the fron screw touches the spine.

Cheers
Pedder

RE: Gidgee - iclark - 10-11-2022

For Phil, from The Wood Database

Quote:Common Name(s): Gidgee, stinking wattle, purple gidgee
Scientific Name: Acacia cambagei
Distribution: Endemic to Australia
Tree Size: 20-40 ft (6-12 m) tall,
1 ft (.3 m) trunk diameter
Average Dried Weight: 72 lbs/ft3 (1,150 kg/m3)
Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .93, 1.15
Janka Hardness: 4,270 lbf (18,990 N)
Modulus of Rupture: 18,850 lbf/in2 (130.0 MPa)*
Elastic Modulus: 2,683,000 lbf/in2 (18.50 GPa)*
Crushing Strength: 10,150 lbf/in2 (70.0 MPa)*
*Conservative values based on strength group/bracket
Shrinkage: Radial: 4.0%, Tangential: 5.1%,
Volumetric: 9.2%, T/R Ratio: 1.3

I saw one report that it is the 3rd hardest wood in the Wood Database.