[TheForge] I need a piece of tree...

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Thanks Michael...that answers that. The stuff can be so difficult to 
split when dry that i thought...oh well, it goes back in the firewood 
pile then.

Michael Horgan wrote:
> At 11:12 PM 9/18/2008, you wrote:
>> Thanks Grant; Answers my Q .
>> I agree about taper being important. The local oaks have nice hard 
>> wood but it doesn't stand up well as handles. The wood rats just loved 
>> the black locust i planted with handles in mind....sapling was 
>> completely gone in 2 days.
>> Been wondering about some of the eucalyptus species..seems like tough, 
>> stringy stuff, and very available.   pf
> 
> My experience with eucalyptus is that it tends to be brittle, Peter 
> works ok when worked green but cracks easily when drying,  I tried 
> splitting some out for tool handles (lathe turned chisel handles) after 
> drying for a year, here, but the handles still tended to shatter on impact
> 
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