Hello All,
I finished my curly cherry bed a few weeks ago (and I will post
pictures as soon as I figure out how) and now I started on a matching
set of night stands. I have several feet of 12 inch wide cherry for
the top (resawn from an 8/4 x 12 inch board) but my plans call for 18
x 18 so I was going to make a mitered border (3 inch wide) of some
contrasting wood. My choices are bloodwood or walnut. The bloodwood
is my preference but I was concerned that when I sand the glued up top
I might get bloodwood sanddust impregnated in the cherry without any
easy remedy for its removal. Also, since the densities of the two
woods are so different, would I notice any post assembly deficiencies?
As an aside, I was machining the bloodwood along with the cherry to
maintain uniformity and the contrast of the two woods was so
noticeable.
I did some minor work on ipe before - mostly crosscutting, ripping,
and routing - but this is the first time I did any major machining of
a very dense and heavy wood. Looking forward to more bloodwood
projects in the future.

Marc