Hello Mitch. Just wanted to say that this series of the World of Woods are great; you're bringing some knowledge. It's just my way of saying thank you for your work. Cheers.
I have had a bit about 40 years of it as long as it is hot when you bend it.Boat and furniture was its main use also in freezers most of my boat came from an old meatworks freezer
I don't have enough left to test it properly myself, so it's great that you can testify to it. Just shows that books can be wrong (and videos!), unless being frozen has altered it's properties.
DRMNZ your right. pronounce koury. or if you wanted to pronounce in the indigenous tounge it would be koudy. although the pine tacked on to the end is New to me. always learning!
Dear Mitch, thanks for running this series. It's a great way to help choose a timber for any job. One timber you don't seem to have is Huon pine. It is a beautiful timber that grows in Tasmania, Australia. It is a cream coloured, highly fragrant oily wood that was famous or boat building but now because of limited supply restricted to craft work and high quality furniture. It takes a couple thousand years to reach maturity - hence its limited supply. By the way, Kauri pine is pronounced "Kowrie", not "Kayewree" as your video says. Cheers.
Thanks Peter. Maybe one day I'll be able to add huon pine - I've never handled any myself. The series depends on donated samples of woods that aren't imported into the UK, so I never know what's coming! Thanks for watching
No mate even the new cut logs after they are seasoned bend easily.Would like to see more of these Australia has a similar tree I can’t remember what it’s called at the moment but will come to me.I enjoy the channel it’s good content t/y
I love working with Kauri... another New Zealand wood is Rimu which is still my favorite (I think I said that on your rimu video lol) ... ;-) Many of the native kauri forrests are now under threat from a disease Kauri dieback. It is also pronounced Cow-ree or Ka Our Ree... can be a bit confusing as it a Māori word...
Thanks for the pronunciation. That should help anyone trying to buy it in person or on the phone! So many diseases of trees lately. It's worrying for woodworkers of the future.
N ew Zealand kauri does steam bend really well not sure where you got that fact from.The reason you cant get it anymore is New Zealanders dont cut it down a protected tree now
Thanks for your input James. Is this from personal experience, or some other source? I just checked, and found first of all my reference at the end of the video was wrong! It should be The Encyclopedia of Wood (ISBN 1-84566-158-3), not World Woods in Colour (which doesn't list it). It does state that it is unsuitable for steam bending, and so that's where I got it from. Cheers
Hello Mitch. Just wanted to say that this series of the World of Woods are great; you're bringing some knowledge. It's just my way of saying thank you for your work. Cheers.
Thanks Pedro
Hi there from Portugal,
Nice :D
Obrigado(Thanks)
Cheers :D
I have had a bit about 40 years of it as long as it is hot when you bend it.Boat and furniture was its main use also in freezers most of my boat came from an old meatworks freezer
I don't have enough left to test it properly myself, so it's great that you can testify to it. Just shows that books can be wrong (and videos!), unless being frozen has altered it's properties.
Good stuff. Thanks. I think the au in Kauri is more like an "our" sound.
DRMNZ your right. pronounce koury. or if you wanted to pronounce in the indigenous tounge it would be koudy. although the pine tacked on to the end is New to me. always learning!
Thanks. I was too caught up trying to get the Latin right!
OR try cowri, like most of us kiwis
Dear Mitch, thanks for running this series. It's a great way to help choose a timber for any job.
One timber you don't seem to have is Huon pine. It is a beautiful timber that grows in Tasmania, Australia. It is a cream coloured, highly fragrant oily wood that was famous or boat building but now because of limited supply restricted to craft work and high quality furniture. It takes a couple thousand years to reach maturity - hence its limited supply.
By the way, Kauri pine is pronounced "Kowrie", not "Kayewree" as your video says. Cheers.
Thanks Peter.
Maybe one day I'll be able to add huon pine - I've never handled any myself.
The series depends on donated samples of woods that aren't imported into the UK, so I never know what's coming!
Thanks for watching
No mate even the new cut logs after they are seasoned bend easily.Would like to see more of these Australia has a similar tree I can’t remember what it’s called at the moment but will come to me.I enjoy the channel it’s good content t/y
Interesting wood
Cheers Willem. Yes, it would be nice to have enough to build something from for sure.
Try dollhouse furniture ;)
I like your thinking - excuse for a lot of small tools!
I love working with Kauri... another New Zealand wood is Rimu which is still my favorite (I think I said that on your rimu video lol) ... ;-) Many of the native kauri forrests are now under threat from a disease Kauri dieback.
It is also pronounced Cow-ree or Ka Our Ree... can be a bit confusing as it a Māori word...
Thanks for the pronunciation. That should help anyone trying to buy it in person or on the phone!
So many diseases of trees lately. It's worrying for woodworkers of the future.
Gotta agree WWW. Lovely to work. Silky oak is another favourite. Looks a LOT better too.
It still amazes me how long some trees can live. www.northlandnz.com/visit/about-northland/walk-among-the-kauri
Cheers Steve, that looks great!
N ew Zealand kauri does steam bend really well not sure where you got that fact from.The reason you cant get it anymore is New Zealanders dont cut it down a protected tree now
Thanks for your input James. Is this from personal experience, or some other source?
I just checked, and found first of all my reference at the end of the video was wrong! It should be The Encyclopedia of Wood (ISBN 1-84566-158-3), not World Woods in Colour (which doesn't list it). It does state that it is unsuitable for steam bending, and so that's where I got it from.
Cheers