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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: Dawie on January 28, 2011, 09:28:47 am
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Found a lot of amazing wood facts so I plan on keping you all supplied for at least a month a fact a day. Starting of with one for our New Zealand friends.
David
The oldest workable wood/lumber on earth is Ancient Kauri {Agathis australis}. The trees from ancient forests on North Island, New Zealand have been buried under peat moss since the last ice age. They are well preserved and are now being dug up from the tundra. They have been radio carbon dated to approximately 30,000 - 50,000 years old. Of coarse, 50,000 years is the ultimate limit of radio carbon dating so it is quite possible that these trees could be older!
It is estimated that the trees were growing approximately 12 - 20 centuries before they were buried by the ice. Some of the trees have a circumference of approximately 40 foot and heights of almost 200 foot. The Ancient Kauri trees are native to New Zealand and are not found anywhere else in the world. The wood/lumber from these trees can be purchased from, Ancientwood, LTD. Each piece of Ancient Kauri wood/lumber purchased, comes with a Certificate Of Authenticity.
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and I'll bet an interesting $, thanks for the info
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Neat. I sure would hate to make a mistake on a piece of that.
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great info David! thanks.
for the price, do the math:
4/4 (1 inch thick) stock:
Stock width is 12? wide.
The lengths are up to 138? .
The price Ancient Kauri by the board foot is as follows:
?Flat sawn grain is $35.00
?Active grain is $45.00
?Quarter sawn is $50.00
?Flamed quarter sawn is $60.00
?Whitebait is $100.00
http://www.ancientwood.com/catalog/blanks-and-bundles-0
http://www.ancientwood.com/how-order
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Wow. That is some big old trees. :)
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That is some gorgeous grain!!! :o :o :o I wouldn't want to do any scrollwork on it though, you'd lose a lot of your grain! Wow is that expensive. I wonder how much the veneer goes for? Might be able to afford a small chunk of that! Beautiful! Thanks David!!!
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Hi Marcel,
Thanks for the supplement.
David