Bill wrote:
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... to furniture (She-oak is my wife's favourite, and I built this sofa table
for her) ...
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... and boxes ...
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She-oak is very hard (more dense than Jarrah), a little less interlocked, but
also quite brittle - it can make great tool handles but watch the thin sections.
These Stanley 750 chisels received re-ground lands and She-Oak handles ...
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Just for the record, I have not heard She-oak referred to as Australian Pine. It
is on the other end of the hardness range.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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