[Woodcarver] Re: (was) Re: Eucalyptus NOW Fishtail Oak

[Victor Hamburger]

> Paul and Diana Guraedy <pdguraedy at yahoo.com>
> 
> I am not sure which of the eucalyptus woods I want. Acutally, I had seen 
> it only once before and it went under the name fishtail oak. 

Paul,

Try one of two approaches to find this.....First, I tried Google.com and 
searched for Wood + "Fishtail oak". This got me a huge number of hits but each 
of them did talk about or show pictures of fishtail oak, something I had never 
heard of before myself.  You can browse the links to find pictures to see if 
this is the stuff you want.  If it is, it is beautiful wood for a base, no doubt 
about it!

The other choice, and a bit more direct, is to go to
http://www.woodfinder.com  and search for "fishtail oak" in the species search. 
I jsut got 6 hits although others may carry it as well, I found Gilmer lumber to 
have some, but the search on woodfinder didn't include them.  The stuff will be 
pricey to buy, between shipping and cost of the wood itself, but for some uses I 
am sure it is worth it.

Good luck with finding what you need!

	Vic H