Thread: Tristan the Tickford

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

Hi All

If a couple of sample of the original wood could be organised, to have them examined and identified. Where would the best place be to send them to?

Cheers Arthur

I had a talk just now to a relative who is a forestry expert. He suggests that ANU Forestry department would be the best place to start. CSIRO would be another good try, but he believes that they have lost a lot of their timber people. He also suggested perhaps some of the TAFE colleges that specialise in wood design.

John

Hi All

I do know, that to identify an unknown timber, the way it used to be done, was to look at a thin section under a microscope and then compare that with other known samples.

So that should narrow up the search, to a timber expert with access to a laboratory.

I'm am going down again today, to help John Lobbon with a Disco tail light problem, He has a near complete P3 in his yard, I wonder if that timber in that cars frame would be the same as a Tickford?

I know, pictures!

Cheers Arthur

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I had a talk just now to a relative who is a forestry expert. He suggests that ANU Forestry department would be the best place to start. CSIRO would be another good try, but he believes that they have lost a lot of their timber people. He also suggested perhaps some of the TAFE colleges that specialise in wood design.

John

You may also be able to try this mob, had a mate that used to work for them, they specialize in timber

Timber Queensland - Homepage

Cheers Jeff

Hi there,

I have in the past, when making timber frames for early Jaguars, used European Beech. Euro Beech was used as well as Ash in frames by the coach builders of the time. It is flexible if you cut it into narrow strips and have to laminate ie when going around hood bows etc. It is easy to use with the bandsaw and the radial arm for all of your mortice and tenon joints etc.

Don't use anything that is brittle or splits along it's length, make sure that the timber that you use is flexible.

Good luck with it.

Nick

G'day All,
well I saw the Tickford,

but I didn't see (or know about) the towing vehicle, I would have liked to eyeball that, maybe I couldn't see it because of the lousey weather, anyway cheers Dennis

I gotta tell ya. The wife says she just loves Tristan from when she saw the photos.



Alan

Originally Posted by Charlie's brother

Hi there,

I have in the past, when making timber frames for early Jaguars, used European Beech. <snip>
Good luck with it.

Nick

It's a very special vehicle in Oz so use a special Oz timber! How about Huon or Wollemi pine? There is a stand of Wollemi pine trees out near Hilton Pollard's place and I'm sure that Arthur knows where there would be some Huon pine, Bob Brown will help you go and fetch it.

Dinty the towing vehicle for the Tickford was a 6X6 V8 Diesel Series 2b and it looked GREAT.
Sorry no photo to wet for my camera