That wandoo timber is EXTREMELY hardy outdoors, i used to work on rail and wandoo sleepers are always talked about with a sense of awe. When we replace them they are usually 50+ years old sitting in damp ground, they've rotted into something like a mesh/honeycomb of fibre sections and when the hydraulic machinery tries to pull the dogspikes there's a 50-50 chance of pulling the spike out of the sleeper or the sleeper pulling the machine off the tracks.

Good and informative. You just got another subscriber.

Great video. Thankyou Used a lot of Brush box in the Squash court floors at Melbourne sports and Aquatic centre.

Awesome video Steve, very real talk. No ads and no BS. Thank you!

Awesome video mate, makes me feel So lucky to have access to these marvels being an Aussie

Great walkthrough, so much content is US dominated so this was really helpful!

hi father steve iam from algeria north africa . i llike your chanel , love you father steve god bless you and have a happy life

This is a really helpful topic covering timber outside of the US.

This is completely interesting .

Messmate Stringybark, Brown-top Stringybark, Australian Oak, Tasmanian Oak, Victorian Messmate. These are the terms to describe ‘Messmate’ . I’m not sure whether you can in include iron bark in there. One other beautiful timber that I have used a lot of recently is red iron bark. It’s comparable to jarrah and red gum in appearance but only in my opinion. I made a bed for my grandson out of it. I have used it extensively in some of my building contract work for decking and posts. It is very stable off the tree. A timber that is comparable but more durable not mentioned is tallowed in my experience it is superior to spotted gum for durability. Essential energy used it as cross arm for their transmission pole cross arms until recently but the forest where they took it from, Dorrigo, has been restricted because there is not much left. They use fibreglass cross arms now . I applaud your use of some of those recycled timber’s. You can really get some beautiful grains in that old growth timber. Subscribed!

Awesome mate that was super interesting

Beautiful stuff Steve, thanks mate. Some of that stuff looks more mineral than wood!

Great video! Thank you.

Thank you - thats very helpful!

Terrific video! Great workshop too mate. Found this looking for videos about people working with old Melbourne hardwood framing timber 😊

Yes mate we get some but that is huge, I renovated my sons 1940’s house in Melbourne and found the kitchen tops were 450 mm x 25 mm sugar pine under the laminex!!!! I cleaned it up and we all use that for rolling pizza out on, wow 1 piece 450 wide we don’t set that anymore

Hi Steve. Let me add before a whole heap of Yanks start ordering Tassie Oak. Victorian ash plus some other timbers were clumped together and marketed as Tasmanian Oak. Unlike American oak, they are not particularly durable or strong and termites love the stuff. This timber is used for termite monitoring bait station. (centricon termite system) I am a floor sander who has dealt with "Tassie Oak" on numerous occasions. There is a long list of Aussie timbers that are far superior to Tassie Oak. Spotted gum, Brush box, Iron Bark red and grey, Jarah, Blackbutt, Blue Gum, Turpentine, Kari, Grey gum, the list goes on. It's a clever marketing tool for a timber that should only be used for furniture where it's softness and termite problems won't be an issue and it's ease of use in gluing is a bonus. Cheers Ya'll.

This is perfect,thanks for the video

Thanks Steve! Very helpful. Just made the Mrs a jewlerry box. Now I can tell her the timber I used is Jarrah haha cheers mate.

Thanks mate, always difficult on this topic as most of the info is based on the US market. This summarised it all very nicely. Cheers.

It's very useful information! Thanks for the video Steve

Thanks mate that was great info 👍🏽

Great vid 👍👌 Keen to see tree id, there’s so many trees near me that have either fallen or get cut down and either left or chipped which is awful..

No bullshit. Straight to the point. I appreciate you.

Thanks Steve just starting out great info

Extremely helpful. Thanks matey

Third time's a charm Steve 😂

Would be good to see you show off some Marri and Sheoak as well. Nice video and some great projects you have there mate. I will have to check some of your other stuff

the 1 major problem with Jarrah, it was great for everything. From canals and boats in Holland to the roofing and framing for almost every west australian house built before 1980. If you don't mind de-nailing and burning through saw blades you can find it all over perth. Like all our good timbers they also just happened to be concentrated in the prime agricultural region which also furthered their demise.

Thanks for this video. I love timber. We have some native cypress growing around here and I’m wondering if you can shed some light on the difference between black cypress and white cypress. I have a feeling we have both.

Good stuff mate.

Thanks but a bit surprised you didn't have Australian Red Cedar Toona Australis. Some really nice timber tho'..

Hey, Thank you for your videos, I really enjoy then, I had a question about where do you buy your timber in Australian?

Great video. Can you do one for plywoods? Thanks

Do you get much silky oak down that way Steve ? I just recycled a lot of it, one piece was 330mm wide 20mm thick ~1500mm long from a 1951 desk !

about to make a couple of medal boxes out of Jarrah. How does it play with hand tools i.e planes and chisels. I have heard it can have silica in the timber and blunts tools pretty quick. What is your experience. thanks mate

great video I love aussie hard woods and love working with them u call iron bark messmate I have never here iron bark referred to as messmate we have messmate and we have iron bark I may be incorrect but have spent many years working with iron bark timber and never herd it call messmate

I turn redgum and there seem to be no quicker way to blunt a turning tool!

Where are u located mate? Anywhere near Newcastle?

I have to agree with you on the saw blades that Festool make. Try cutting along the grain of any Australian hardwood with the TS55 and the blade flexes badly. It's a big problem with our hard woods. So often have to go back to the table saw to get a decent cut. For the money you pay for Festool, they should be able to do the job. Sadly very lacking in this respect.

Where do you get timbers from to make nice stuff in Brisbane? All the lumber yards in the area just carry pine, murbau (which I dont even know how to pronounce), or kwila

Great stuff don't forget Tasiman Oak

I have a Jarrah Snare drum from Tama. It is amazing.

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Thanks for the video I'm about to mill up some red gum, silky oak and blue gum. Any ideas what they are best for

Thanks very informative. I have just purchased a Lucas mill to use on the few trees I have had to cut down on my property for safety and access. I’m not sure of the Latin names for them but here we call them brushbox, tallowood and forest gum ( sometimes referred to as flooded gum. I would imagine they are close to some of the ones you listed there?

Hi mate, great video 🙂 I'm new to woodworking and was wondering if you have any advice on where to locate lumber in here in AU? Preferably cheaper than Bunnings 😅

I can easily get Australian Cypress, Any tips for working with it? Seems to split incredibly easy.

Hi mate, what's the best Australian timber for furniture making? Love your explanation

thank you for the video, is blackwood the best I can find for carving?

hey mate who do you order most your timber from?

Great my son is autistic and is looking to find some Buloke, Salmon gun, red gum and have been unable to locate in the U.S. .....can you help? Please and Thank You

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Where are you? Do you need a help? I want to learn

Messmate is not ironbark ironbark is a darker red than red gum also messmate grows in higher rainfall areas than ironbark and paddlesteamers were made from redgum on site on the murry river

Hey are you interested in making a infra red sauna and Japanese hot tub. We could all follow on line and build it with you . Great for health and longevity lol I live in Kyneton we could use cedar lol what are your thoughts. Great projects to get fit and healthy as we are not get any younger

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Great video👍 have you heard of Budgeroo?

ironbark is NOT messmate - messmate is soft, ironbark extremely hard

I didn’t know they spoke American in Austria

nice wood