Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Banksia wood
Roy Girolami
I know all the woodturning catalogs stock banksia seed pods, but has anyone ever used banksia wood? I saw a picture of some banksia wood in a book from 1913 and it was pretty spectacular. The caption called it White Honeysuckle.
Roy
Re: Banksia wood
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
I have only used it once, many years ago to build a box. I only had a small piece, which I bookmatched and used in the lid. The wood was spectacular, my box was mundane.
It was thicknessed and planed by hand. I don't recall it being too difficult.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Re: Banksia wood
Roy Girolami
Is the tree on the small size? The book said it could grow to the full size of a forest tree, so lumber should be available, if the trees are common. The illustration shows a piece with similar figure to your box top. They call the figure "flower."
Roy