Floorboards - What's this timber?

[dizzle]

I have no idea what cypress smells like so I think i'll pop down to bunnings and have a smell of some fence posts first.

[Bloss]

Make sure you only sniff the posts - people might think you are a WA pollie!

[Studley 2436]

Gosh when I looked at it first up my thought was mix of NSW hardwoods. Could be a Northern Beech mix I thought, which might include stuff like Mesmate Black Butt and various others. The Cypress I had and made a floor from is much much knotier than that. It also has a pungent aroma, it stinks. You would expect to see some strong grain running through it with decent width in the light and dark runs of colour.

There might even be some Spotty Gum in there too but it is really hard to tell looking at an internet picture. Wongo who has had stacks of experience with NSW Hardwood says Cyprus which surprised me, so you can see how hard it is.

It still looks like decent timber that would love to have a sander run over the top of it and polished up.

Studley

[glock40sw]

Studmeister.
You have to remember that the Cypress back in the 40's and 50's was cut from larger trees than it is today. That is why the knotts are large and few.

I deal with most of the NSW hardwoods every day and none of them look like the timber in the photos.

[Studley 2436]

And I know enough to know that Glock has forgotten much much more about Aussie Hardwoods than it is possible for me to learn in my lifetime.

Studley