Timber Data for luremaking

Thanks Ian, Had someone else confirm exactly the same message today.
I said I would pic out some of the better stuff for them and if they wanted it to have a go at a few nudes it was there
Again thanks Ian

Kimo

Hi all
As you all know I know nothing about nor do I make lures. However I do enjoy browsing the knowledge displayed on this site.
More often than probably desired by most of you I have difficulty in just browsing and usually make a stupid comment such as the one I am about to ask.
I was cutting some perfectly good Oregon 5 x 2" timber yesterday, this came from a recently demolished house from the early 70`s I could not help but think that this timber might be suitable for timber lures???
It has nice grain and is a soft timber, I did not see it on the lists and wondered if there was a reason or if it was there and known by another name.
Cheers Kimo      

have you got specs on camphor laurel brad?........mick

Brad, there was a 50 (approx) sheet A4 binder style booklet I aquired from what used to be Qld Forestry ??

thanks for steering me here Darby..

Ted, samples???? I don't recall asking for samples  but if you are offering..
I was thinking of making a display board up for the Lure Expo with the same lure made in different timbers suitable for general luremaking.
I have these timbers on hand.
Red Cedar,
Mackay Cedar,
Spanish Cedar,
Silky Oak,
Yellow Cedar,
White Beech,
Camphor Laurel,
Houn Pine,
Karri Pine,
Surian,
Kuavalau,


would love some
White Cedar, Brown Beech, Cheesewood, and anything else that you guys might come up with.
A piece about 100mm x 25mm sq would be perfect.

Brad

Thanks Brad/ Chris, did not know Leather Wood came from Tassie, for some reason I thought it was Victorian, I would not have guessed it anyway . Brad your discription is pretty close, it's fine and mid brown in colour and I know what you mean about the honey.

i think Brad has it and i'll second that about the leatherwood honey,yummo

A mate picked up six sticks of wood from Tassie last week marked 'CT' celery top -'BW' black wood- 

ando 1 wrote: got some pencil cedar (palaquin spp) recently, looks good and has a density close to silky oak. wondering if anyone has used this for luremaking and if so what did they think of it.

i used some a while back that Abu Admiral sent me,it was fine to work with.the piece i had was very light but i think the density of cedars does tend to vary a bit,wear a mask if you sand this stuff as the dust will irritate the crap out of your snooter

got some pencil cedar (palaquin spp) recently, looks good and has a density close to silky oak. 

Great post Brad, I love seeing different wood from other countries. Thanks for all the info.

Found my timber yard to get all this . Picked up some slabs of jelutong , surian, kauri , also some n.z beech , told me pretty much same as euro beech a bit cheaper . Has anyone used this n.z beech.....and some other smaller peices of some others to play with..... Some of that hard zebra wood ... heading back in a couple of weeks get a bunch of other sorts ...... Aaron

Never seen this post...... Awesome stuff ... Thanks aaron

Powelly wrote: Mackay Cedar!  I think that I came out second best in that trade! Travers

Travers PM your address and I'll send a stick down to you. It is a bit harder than Red Cedar but certainly not as hard as Silky Oak.

Brad

Well Done Brad, good selection of timbers ther mate......pete.

Terrific info - thanks very much Brad.