Two fun ones

[chatometry]

All I know about these is that they were kindly brought as gifts by my sister who collected them on Agusta island in Papua New Guinea.

After a glance at the first one my first thought is some sort of fig, and the bark makes sense too.





As for the second one, the bark has some lenticles and the cut shows quite some medullary rays. The little info I can find on the internet about that island talks about frangipani (plumeria), but where I am now there is a lot of plumeria and the bark looks totally different. So well I guess it could be one of Papua's billions of species...





Unfortunately I can't take better endgrain pics at the moment :(

 

[daniscool]

All I know about these is that they were kindly brought as gifts by my sister who collected them on Agusta island in Papua New Guinea.

After a glance at the first one my first thought is some sort of fig, and the bark makes sense too.

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As for the second one, the bark has some lenticles and the cut shows quite some medullary rays. The little info I can find on the internet about that island talks about frangipani (plumeria), but where I am now there is a lot of plumeria and the bark looks totally different. So well I guess it could be one of Papua's billions of species...

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Unfortunately I can't take better endgrain pics at the moment :(

That’s a hard one. Especially now that Paul is gone.

 

[Mr. Peet]

All I know about these is that they were kindly brought as gifts by my sister who collected them on Agusta island in Papua New Guinea.

After a glance at the first one my first thought is some sort of fig, and the bark makes sense too.

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As for the second one, the bark has some lenticles and the cut shows quite some medullary rays. The little info I can find on the internet about that island talks about frangipani (plumeria), but where I am now there is a lot of plumeria and the bark looks totally different. So well I guess it could be one of Papua's billions of species...

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Unfortunately I can't take better endgrain pics at the moment :(

Strong rays in the second wood, maybe a Casuarina.?.

 

[DLJeffs]

I bet there's trees in PNG that haven't been identified yet. I spent over 2 years there when I was working and our project was about 60km up stream on the Kikori River, right at the base of the highlands. It's an amazing place.

 

[Nature Man]

I bet there's trees in PNG that haven't been identified yet. I spent over 2 years there when I was working and our project was about 60km up stream on the Kikori River, right at the base of the highlands. It's an amazing place.

Do you have any pics of that area?

 

[DLJeffs]

I have a ton photos on a separate drive. But here's a couple I have on this drive.
17ft rock python we removed off the runway so it didn't get injured. There's 7 guys each with two hands on this snake.


Here's a couple of the local chiefs. We had a celebration when we had "first oil" - when you run the first crude oil down the pipes. The locals love to get all dressed up in the finest and dance. The women were all topless but I'm not sure I should post those here.

 

[Nature Man]

I have a ton photos on a separate drive. But here's a couple I have on this drive.
17ft rock python we removed off the runway so it didn't get injured. There's 7 guys each with two hands on this snake.
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Here's a couple of the local chiefs. We had a celebration when we had "first oil" - when you run the first crude oil down the pipes. The locals love to get all dressed up in the finest and dance. The women were all topless but I'm not sure I should post those here.
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These are National Geographic pics! Any pics of the trees?

 

[DLJeffs]

These are National Geographic pics! Any pics of the trees?

I know I have some pics of the highlands and of Wasi Falls and the disappearing river (goes underground) but I doubt I have any of trees that could be used to identify any.

 

[chatometry]

Strong rays in the second wood, maybe a Casuarina.?.

Thank you. As soon as I cut it I'll share some pics

 

[chatometry]

@DLJeffs nice pics! It must have been a cool experience. I would guess you were not into free wood collecting back then :D

 

[DLJeffs]

It was a great experience. And you're correct, at that time I didn't do a lot of wood working. The birds and wild life got most my attention when not actually working

 

[chatometry]

Strong rays in the second wood, maybe a Casuarina.?.

I eventually got to cut that piece.
The face grain shows some nice flecks and quite some chatoyance:

This is a ½" endgrain:

It doesn't match casuarina equisetifolia I saw on Paul's website:


Anyway I found it very peculiar when cutting it: it caused my tungsten carbide tablesaw to burn through the wood, creating lots of smoke and charred black sawdust:



Nevertheless the wood surface came out as if there were no burn at all!!! This is quite unusual in my experience...
Any ideas?

 

[daniscool]

I eventually got to cut that piece.
The face grain shows some nice flecks and quite some chatoyance:
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This is a ½" endgrain:
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It doesn't match casuarina equisetifolia I saw on Paul's website:
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Anyway I found it very peculiar when cutting it: it caused my tungsten carbide tablesaw to burn through the wood, creating lots of smoke and charred black sawdust:

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Nevertheless the wood surface came out as if there were no burn at all!!! This is quite unusual in my experience...
Any ideas?

Burning chainsaw oil?

 

[Mr. Peet]

Now you have to work the numbers, density, reaction to blacklight and so forth. Wood reminds me of Cardwellia sublimis, but I do not know the bark or the tree.

 

[chatometry]

Burning chainsaw oil?

What do you mean? I used a tablesaw.

Now you have to work the numbers, density, reaction to blacklight and so forth.

Will do, thanks! Cardwellia seems to me like a partial endgrain match.
My wood (I'll take better pics...):


Cardwellia from hobbithouse (same scale)


I also thought of rewarewa (knightia excelsa) but couldn't find many endgrain pics other than those on insidewood.

 

[DLJeffs]

That last one does look like rewarewa from New Zealand. I have a cribbage board somewhere that we bought there and it's made from a bunch of different NZ timber.

 

[daniscool]

What do you mean? I used a tablesaw.


Will do, thanks! Cardwellia seems to me like a partial endgrain match.
My wood (I'll take better pics...):
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Cardwellia from hobbithouse (same scale)
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I also thought of rewarewa (knightia excelsa) but couldn't find many endgrain pics other than those on insidewood.

Ahh. I thought chainsaw. That is slow of me.

Rewarewa is possible. I don’t have any anymore but the stuff I used was similar.