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Offline Lucasade

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Monkey puzzle
« on: September 28, 2015, 01:48:40 pm »
I'm cutting down a monkey puzzle tree (araucaria araucana) for someone in a couple of weeks and it's got a lovely straight trunk. Is it useful for anything beyond firewood?
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Offline autologus

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Re: Monkey puzzle
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2015, 02:17:55 pm »
Isn't that species considered endangered?

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Offline Lucasade

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Re: Monkey puzzle
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2015, 02:26:17 pm »
Not in a garden in Warwickshire...
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Monkey puzzle
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2015, 03:24:52 pm »
It has a lower Specific gravity than Yellow pine and half the Janka hardness, I wouldn't make a bow out of it. Maybe you could get some straight billets for arrows.
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Re: Monkey puzzle
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2015, 04:55:10 pm »
It's not protected here and is a nuisance. You don't want to step on the leaves barefooted.
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Offline Lucasade

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Re: Monkey puzzle
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2015, 02:12:41 am »
Those were the lines I was thinking along - thank you.
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