# Woodworking: slicing timber? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 4, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-slicing-timber/448007 "2008-05-04T16:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-slicing-timber/448007/21 "2008-05-07T14:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=Carson O’Genic] Do you know the botanical name for false Acacia? [/QUOTE] Apparently, it’s [_Robinia pseudoacacia_](http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/robinia.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-slicing-timber/448007/22 "2008-05-07T15:06:41Z")
That’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-slicing-timber/448007/23 "2008-05-07T23:30:25Z")
We call it black locust. It’s an American tree, but has become naturalized in Europe. I agree with **Mangetout** – it’s a beautiful wood, and very rot-resistant. It’s not widely commercialized here, for reasons that escape me. It’s reasonably common, grows to a good size, and looks to me like a very fine cabinet wood. I’ve only seen it, never used it – but I’ve seen a number of the trees chopped up and essentially thrown away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woodworking-slicing-timber/448007.md?page=1)