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Peter
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Updated :- Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Salvaged fallen Blackwood tree.
(click on the images for a larger picture)
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My brother Mike phoned to
tell me he had to remove a large fallen Blackwood tree (Acacia
Melanoxylon) from a difficult location on a property at Sassafras, a small
town 20 minutes drive away from home in the hills behind where we live. It
sounded promising, but was down in a valley, and the logs would need to be
winched out. So with a 4x4 equipped with an 8000lb winch, a hand winch,
straps, ropes and chains we managed to get it out safely and pretty
quickly in just 4 pieces. The two larger logs are over 3m long and 0.85m
across ( about 10ft x 34 inch) and two are over 2m long ( about 7ft
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The bloke who mills for me with a Lucas
Portable mill has a crane truck which was just able to get them aboard.
Over the next few weeks we will mill them into boards etc, like we did a
few years ago with a couple of Oak trees. seen here...milling
oak
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I love this timber, it is very rewarding to
work with, cuts, planes and polishes really well. Another Blackwood tree
we milled over 8 years ago, salvaged from very near where the one above
came down, is slowly coming together as a dining table in the workshop.
The top is 2350 x 1330 ( about 7' 7" x 4' 5")
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I also used stuff from the same tree
to make our kitchen and some other projects over the years...boxes for
sterling silver platter and servers...a coffee table..
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