Making sleepers/ties

[Greg Elmassian]

Ted, glad you took the advice to come to this thread, Igor has really documented a lot of different "experiments".

Azobe wood has other names:

Ekki | Woodworking Network

Ekki Heavy Tree Puts 'Hard' in Hardwood

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Ekki seems to be the common name in the UK....

It's somewhat rare here in the USA and expensive.

I found that crates from the Philippines were often made with some local hardwoods and made a geodesic dome from them (a motorcycle shop gave me the crates)

You might go to a local specialty wood store and ask for an inexpensive hardwood and see what you get.

Greg

 

[justme igor]

is afkomstig van Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn.f. (familie Ochnaceae). De boom komt voor in West- en Midden-Afrika en wordt tot 60 meter hoog.
comes from Lophira alata Banks ex Gaertn.f. (family Ochnaceae). The tree is found in West and Central Africa and grows up to 60 meters high.
Wikipedia

Lophira alata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If any question come to a thought don't hesitate to ask.
I am doing those experiments not only for myself! i have a good replay of a lot of people and there wood species i never heard of!
This will all come down into a final thread incl the best wood per territory, it will only take a decade or two