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   philip | Oct 02, 2008 07:36am | #1

   It is Australian therefore you could ask Derek Cohen- he does use it .
   As far as I know it is hard and dense- was used extensively for rail sleepers , pit props and other wasteful things. I would say that it would do well for cutting boards.
   "Cut offs from a local production shop."--- Beware, they will only throw out the junk, and you could get the wrong impression from it....
   Philip Marcou

   
   

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   Edited 10/2/2008 12:37 am by philip

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   BobRW | Oct 04, 2008 11:21am | #2

   You might like to have a look at these two sites. Jarrah is a beautiful timber with a rich dark red colour. Good quality is becoming hard to get as old growth forrests are being locked up.

   http://www.justjarrah.com.au/cabinets_buffets.html

   http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/SEAsian_Oceanic/htmlDocs_SEAsian/Eucalyptusmarginata.html

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   derekcohen | Oct 04, 2008 06:58pm | #3

   Hi Bren

   Treasure your Jarrah. It will soon be a protected species as it has been overlogged for decades. It is indigenous to Western Australia (my home state), and even here is becoming hard to get hold of and expensive. I mostly work with salvage timbers, typcally old roof trusses.

   Jarrah runs a spectrum from pink through red to dark brown. It tends to be very hard and have short, interlinked grain. Planes with cutting angles at 60 degrees are obligatory for face grain.

   Yes, you can make end grain cutting boards. You are likely to have an interesting experience planing it! :)

   A Jarrah shooting board ..

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   A Jarrah sofa table ..

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   A Jarrah bed ..

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   Regards from Perth

   Derek

   
   

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   Edited 10/4/2008 12:02 pm ET by derekcohen

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   Cincinnati | Oct 06, 2008 05:43am | #4

   I saw an episode of Woodworks where David Marks made an exterior door out of it.

   Greg

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