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  2. Posted · Edited by woodwoman

    Buddha Slab

    Queensland Maple flindersia brayleyana salvaged after Cyclone Larry 2007, Atherton Tablelands, QLD.

    1.5m wide x 1.5m Long x 70mm thick.

    It was a massive slab and the bark inclusion inside was the exact shape of buddha sitting in full lotus position.

    When he was first cut you could even see all the individual toes. he is surrounded by slightly differently coloured auric rings and a rope entering/exiting the heart area. I will keep looking for my other photos of buddha slab. Cheers!post-13488-0-14704400-1382054186_thumb.jpost-13488-0-05343100-1382054193_thumb.j

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    looks like mango wood to me, nice wood, but not very durable, unfortunately.

    btw, you can get high, from smelling camphor wood, if the saw or the router, burns the timber...

    It is the root stump of a mango tree and so far it is stable but not durable in the weather like some other species.

    Had no idea about camphor wood getting you high, can you expand on this? as I have never had any effects like this. My recent research shows camphor cinnamonum camphora is likely to cause paralysis and seisures if to much exposure. It numbs the peripheral sensory nerves, affects brain and spine function but is mostly only good, externally, for lung conditions. ( A Modern Herbal, By Mrs M. Grieve, 1994)+ (Essential Oil Desk Reference, Fifth Edition. L.S.P.)

    I find breathing it irritating to my nose.

    Note: any oil that has been burnt (by fast saw blade) will not have the same effectiveness as an extracted pure oil/resin.

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    Hi Everyone, I am a sawmiller on the sunshine coast, Queensland, Australia, and I wanted to share some pics and stories of different tree spirits I have found inside trees over the past 8 years. To start off this thread here is "happy blackwood man" http://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/blackwood-pics-174170/index2.html

    will try to attatch file next time, I hope this link works!

    Anyone got photos, poems, interesting ideas about the spirit nature of plants?

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