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Peter D

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Peter
I live in N Baddesley near to Romsey. I have been making Pens for about 4 years.
I recently visited my brothers in Australia, My Brother John who helps the local Men’s Shed,
gave me some very nice blank sized pieces of Australian hardwoods.
I was wondering if any of you had had experience of Australian Black Wattle!
I am not sure if John sent it as a Joke because as I started to drill an 8mm centre hole with a well respected Brad point drill- Nothing except the 1’5 mm depth of the brad point!! Is this wood harder than iron wood that
Was used by the sailors of old?,
 
alan morrison

alan morrison

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Co. Down N Ireland
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Welcome to the forum, Peter.
Some of those Aussie hardwoods are hard like concrete.
When I lived there I was given some hardwood rings to cut up for firewood and could hardly make a mark on them with an axe.
 
flexi

flexi

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mark
Welcome to the forum, Australia has some great timbers as we do, Huon pine smells the best in my opinion :thumbs:
 
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