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Does Purpleheart suck?
I got a slab of 8/4 purpleheart, and after a few weeks of sitting there
I notice there's a lot of splitting especially on one end. I have it in a cool dry environment at a fairly stable temperature. Is this normal for purpleheart? Does it often split and check at the end? I'm going to lose (I think) around a third of this board. er -- email not valid |
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Does Purpleheart suck?
I would have sealed the end, but that's a lesson for next time, you could
cut your losses and seal now. "Enoch Root" wrote in message news:auSdndWHAeMQm9bZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@forethought. net... I got a slab of 8/4 purpleheart, and after a few weeks of sitting there I notice there's a lot of splitting especially on one end. I have it in a cool dry environment at a fairly stable temperature. Is this normal for purpleheart? Does it often split and check at the end? I'm going to lose (I think) around a third of this board. er -- email not valid |
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Does Purpleheart suck?
"Enoch Root" wrote in message news:auSdndWHAeMQm9bZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@forethought. net... I got a slab of 8/4 purpleheart, and after a few weeks of sitting there I notice there's a lot of splitting especially on one end. I have it in a cool dry environment at a fairly stable temperature. Is this normal for purpleheart? Does it often split and check at the end? I'm going to lose (I think) around a third of this board. Don't know anything about purpleheart, sorry. I had a large piece of mahogany, one third of it was split. I cut the split part off, and glued the two split parts together. Good as new. Might not be applicable to you if you have multiple splits. |
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Does Purpleheart suck?
I think that is unusual, I have an 8/4 plank in my shop that I've been
waiting to find out what it wants to be for about 5 months and no probem. It's a dense wood and as such harder to dry, sounds like someone rushed yours thru the kiln. "Enoch Root" wrote in message news:auSdndWHAeMQm9bZnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@forethought. net... I got a slab of 8/4 purpleheart, and after a few weeks of sitting there I notice there's a lot of splitting especially on one end. I have it in a cool dry environment at a fairly stable temperature. Is this normal for purpleheart? Does it often split and check at the end? I'm going to lose (I think) around a third of this board. er -- email not valid |
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Does Purpleheart suck?
"Enoch Root" I got a slab of 8/4 purpleheart, and after a few weeks of sitting there I notice there's a lot of splitting especially on one end. I have it in a cool dry environment at a fairly stable temperature. Is this normal for purpleheart? Does it often split and check at the end? I'm going to lose (I think) around a third of this board. Nope, purpleheart is a very dense and stable wood. Although your piece may not be. I have a few 6/4 slabs (10"-12"x 60"-70") stacked and they have not checked any more that similar hardwoods have. Figure a project for it and cut your rough pieces, let them sit and wait until your ready to complete it. Dave |
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