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There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd
start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS A lot of you seem to favor cherry but it leaves me cold. Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't grab me. Neither does maple except for curly or birdseye. Oak - white oak - is one of my favorites...hard, strong, works easily but I would never call it pretty. Not even with a flake figure. Hickory is nice, rather like it. Birch isn't in the running, neither is beech. Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. _____________ I haven't used a lot of imports...mahogany, khaya, makore, utile, nogal, Phillipine mahogany, maybe 2-3 more. Nogal (Peruvian walnut) isn't as attractive as black walnut and is softer but it can be very dark, almost black. Handy sometimes. I wouldn't characterize either makore or utile - especially utile - as very attractive but they aren't bad looking. I think Phillipine mahogany is way under rated. Some of them are very nice. Even rotary cut luan ply is useful...very plain grain which I prefer in large expanses to things like Brazilian rosewood. Not too many years ago there were acres and acres of Brazilian rosewood ply covering lobbies, board rooms, elevators and meeting rooms. Used to make my head spin. Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50 sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ snip Heart sweetgum (domestic) is hard to beat and easy to turn. -- Gerald Ross If the shoe fits, put it in your mouth. |
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On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS For domestic, USA, Mesquite, wish I could afford the big pieces. Followed by Walnut, White Oak. Favorite import, Zircote, http://www.rosewoodarchery.com/images/200zircote.jpg Bocote, http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-...dwoods/bocote/ Wenge http://www.pawbrandflooring.com/Afri...open-grain.asp Zebra, http://www.nitsugamangore.com/zebraw...ar-guitar.html |
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:12:49 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? Cocobolo is one of my favorites. http://www.advantagelumber.com/cocobolo.htm -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA |
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On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? My favorite wood (regardless of imported vs. domestic) is Mesquite. Beautiful color, beautiful figure, strong, stable, hard (but not too hard), and a joy to work with tools, both hand and power. The only downside (IMO) is that the trees are so scraggly it's hard to find good clear lumber in usable sizes at a decent price. -- Free bad advice available here. To reply, eat the taco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ |
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On 8/16/2011 4:16 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
My favorite wood (regardless of imported vs. domestic) is Mesquite. Beautiful color, beautiful figure, strong, stable, hard (but not too hard), and a joy to work with tools, both hand and power. The only downside (IMO) is that the trees are so scraggly it's hard to find good clear lumber in usable sizes at a decent price. .... and you can't beat the scraps for cooking a steak. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 4/15/2010 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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If we're allowed to get a little crazy here ... I built a dash for an AC Cobra, and used Etimoe ... it looks GREAT !!! -- "If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you're not a racist you'll have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not stupid!" |
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:11:06 -0400, Gerald Ross
wrote: dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ snip Heart sweetgum (domestic) is hard to beat and easy to turn. If you have insurance and want to take it. I have a large sweetgum in my Grants Pass, OR front yard and would like it removed. Free to insured party. Must take all. (Roots, too!) Want the maple and the redwood and a doug fir, too? Take 'em! -- ....in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin |
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On 8/16/2011 4:16 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? My favorite wood (regardless of imported vs. domestic) is Mesquite. Beautiful color, beautiful figure, strong, stable, hard (but not too hard), and a joy to work with tools, both hand and power. The only downside (IMO) is that the trees are so scraggly it's hard to find good clear lumber in usable sizes at a decent price. My grandmother, aunts and uncles lived about 50 miles south of San Antonio back when I was a kid. The highway between SA and Charlotte Tx was littered with huge Mesquite trees. I remember the trunks being 2-3 feet in diameter and 20-25 feet tall. My uncle raised cattle and obviously had a lot of pasture covered with mesquite trees. We would cut them down and use the limbs for fire wood and or to BBQ. I have a chunk of Mesquite that is about 18" long x3x3 that I salvaged out of one of the limbs, 25-30 years ago. Still waiting for the perfect project.... Maybe I'll cut it into veneers. |
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In article , "dadiOH" wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? I don't think I could narrow it down to just one... for domestic woods, my top favorites, in no particular order, are curly cherry, curly maple, quartersawn sycamore, and quartersawn beech. I've not used enough imported woods to have much of an opinion there, but I sure do like the look of true mahogany. |
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"dadiOH" wrote in message ... There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS A lot of you seem to favor cherry but it leaves me cold. Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't grab me. Neither does maple except for curly or birdseye. Oak - white oak - is one of my favorites...hard, strong, works easily but I would never call it pretty. Not even with a flake figure. Hickory is nice, rather like it. Birch isn't in the running, neither is beech. Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. _____________ I haven't used a lot of imports...mahogany, khaya, makore, utile, nogal, Phillipine mahogany, maybe 2-3 more. Nogal (Peruvian walnut) isn't as attractive as black walnut and is softer but it can be very dark, almost black. Handy sometimes. I wouldn't characterize either makore or utile - especially utile - as very attractive but they aren't bad looking. I think Phillipine mahogany is way under rated. Some of them are very nice. Even rotary cut luan ply is useful...very plain grain which I prefer in large expanses to things like Brazilian rosewood. Not too many years ago there were acres and acres of Brazilian rosewood ply covering lobbies, board rooms, elevators and meeting rooms. Used to make my head spin. Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50 sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico I like Poplar. Stains nice. Easy to work. WW |
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On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? .... I think I have to make the choice dependent on the use--some just are "the cat's meow" for one item but totally wrong for another... To the question as asked as to "pretty", I'd probably have to go to the rosewoods as most striking w/ the Honduran mahogany as the ideal cabinet wood for the non-domestics. For US domestics, that's a little more difficult altho it's hard to beat butternut on one hand but old salvage chestnut is another outstanding choice...the other of my favorites would be the Claro walnut followed by black walnut... In it's place, white oak is so striking...there, we're back to what the use is matters... Like someone else already said, don't think I can have just one... -- |
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On 2011-08-16 14:12:49 -0400, "dadiOH" said:
Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. Personally, walnut is my favorite, too. Except when I'm working with Cherry. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Maple. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Oak. Then that's, oh, wait a minute! I really don't care much for Oak. Seriously, I do love walnut. (http://tinyurl.com/4ygdgy2) And cherry, and maple... |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:11:06 -0400, Gerald wrote: dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ snip Heart sweetgum (domestic) is hard to beat and easy to turn. If you have insurance and want to take it. I have a large sweetgum in my Grants Pass, OR front yard and would like it removed. Free to insured party. Must take all. (Roots, too!) Want the maple and the redwood and a doug fir, too? Take 'em! Thanks! But I get all that I can use from the local tree cutters. Either cut to length and loaded on my truck or delivered next to my shop. -- Gerald Ross If the shoe fits, put it in your mouth. |
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On Aug 16, 2:12*pm, "dadiOH" wrote:
There have been several *L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length * What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS A lot of you seem to favor cherry but it leaves me cold. *Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't grab me. Neither does maple except for curly or birdseye. Oak - white oak - is one of my favorites...hard, strong, works easily but I would never call it pretty. *Not even with a flake figure. Hickory is nice, rather like it. Birch isn't in the running, neither is beech. Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. *It would be my nomination for domestic wood. _____________ I haven't used a lot of imports...mahogany, khaya, makore, utile, nogal, Phillipine mahogany, maybe 2-3 more. Nogal (Peruvian walnut) isn't as attractive as black walnut and is softer but it can be very dark, almost black. *Handy sometimes. I wouldn't characterize either makore or utile - especially utile - as very attractive but they aren't bad looking. I think Phillipine mahogany is way under rated. *Some of them are very nice. Even rotary cut luan ply is useful...very plain grain which I prefer in large expanses to things like Brazilian rosewood. *Not too many years ago there were acres and acres of Brazilian rosewood ply covering lobbies, board rooms, elevators and meeting rooms. *Used to make my head spin. Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. *Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. *I used to get it for $0.50 sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it athttp://mysite.verizon.net/xico If there had to be just one? Cherry. I like Purple Heart and Padouk. But the most incredible wood I have ever seen was the back of a 1957 Gibson where the birds eye maple looked like pearls floating in liquid diamonds. I will never forget that. |
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dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS A lot of you seem to favor cherry but it leaves me cold. Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't grab me. Neither does maple except for curly or birdseye. Oak - white oak - is one of my favorites...hard, strong, works easily but I would never call it pretty. Not even with a flake figure. Hickory is nice, rather like it. Birch isn't in the running, neither is beech. Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. _____________ I haven't used a lot of imports...mahogany, khaya, makore, utile, nogal, Phillipine mahogany, maybe 2-3 more. Nogal (Peruvian walnut) isn't as attractive as black walnut and is softer but it can be very dark, almost black. Handy sometimes. I wouldn't characterize either makore or utile - especially utile - as very attractive but they aren't bad looking. I think Phillipine mahogany is way under rated. Some of them are very nice. Even rotary cut luan ply is useful...very plain grain which I prefer in large expanses to things like Brazilian rosewood. Not too many years ago there were acres and acres of Brazilian rosewood ply covering lobbies, board rooms, elevators and meeting rooms. Used to make my head spin. Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50 sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. For turning I find it hard to beat California Manzanita, outstanding colors and grain, not very large in size. |
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On 8/16/2011 4:38 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 8/16/2011 4:16 PM, Steve Turner wrote: My favorite wood (regardless of imported vs. domestic) is Mesquite. Beautiful color, beautiful figure, strong, stable, hard (but not too hard), and a joy to work with tools, both hand and power. The only downside (IMO) is that the trees are so scraggly it's hard to find good clear lumber in usable sizes at a decent price. ... and you can't beat the scraps for cooking a steak. And there's that too! -- "Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day." (From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago) To reply, eat the taco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ |
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:14:50 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ... I think I have to make the choice dependent on the use--some just are "the cat's meow" for one item but totally wrong for another... To the question as asked as to "pretty", I'd probably have to go to the rosewoods as most striking Yes, I love dark woods like rosewood, walnut, jarrah, and bokote. I put down a little entryway in Jatoba and like it a lot, too. w/ the Honduran mahogany as the ideal cabinet wood for the non-domestics. Agreed, and Honduran mahogany carves nicely, too. For US domestics, that's a little more difficult altho it's hard to beat butternut on one hand but old salvage chestnut is another outstanding choice...the other of my favorites would be the Claro walnut followed by black walnut... I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. Same shade, similar figure. http://www.gilmerwood.com/search_res...s=black+walnut http://www.gilmerwood.com/search_res...eywords=walnut In it's place, white oak is so striking...there, we're back to what the use is matters... Absolutely! QSWO is a dream. Like someone else already said, don't think I can have just one... What really irks me is to see someone mix quilted maple, birdseye maple, and some other extremely figured wood so there is no mellow place on the piece. Everything fights for your eye. It's overkill and it's downright UGLY! I prefer a basic box with a really nicely figured top, or even a figured inset in a plain top. Classy. -- ....in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin |
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On 8/16/2011 7:22 PM, Leon wrote:
On 8/16/2011 4:16 PM, Steve Turner wrote: On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? My favorite wood (regardless of imported vs. domestic) is Mesquite. Beautiful color, beautiful figure, strong, stable, hard (but not too hard), and a joy to work with tools, both hand and power. The only downside (IMO) is that the trees are so scraggly it's hard to find good clear lumber in usable sizes at a decent price. My grandmother, aunts and uncles lived about 50 miles south of San Antonio back when I was a kid. The highway between SA and Charlotte Tx was littered with huge Mesquite trees. I remember the trunks being 2-3 feet in diameter and 20-25 feet tall. My uncle raised cattle and obviously had a lot of pasture covered with mesquite trees. We would cut them down and use the limbs for fire wood and or to BBQ. I have a chunk of Mesquite that is about 18" long x3x3 that I salvaged out of one of the limbs, 25-30 years ago. Still waiting for the perfect project.... Maybe I'll cut it into veneers. I know the feeling. I have some pieces that have been lying around here for probably 10 years that I'm still trying to figure how to best use them. Sounds like veneers would be a good choice for yours. Fire up the Laguna! -- Free bad advice available here. To reply, eat the taco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ |
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:35:32 -0400, Steve
wrote: On 2011-08-16 14:12:49 -0400, "dadiOH" said: Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. Personally, walnut is my favorite, too. Except when I'm working with Cherry. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Maple. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Oak. Then that's, oh, wait a minute! I really don't care much for Oak. Seriously, I do love walnut. (http://tinyurl.com/4ygdgy2) And cherry, and maple... g Um, couldn't you have made those bowties a BIT more gaudy? Saaay, is that balsa? -- ....in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin |
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On 8/16/2011 10:39 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
.... I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. Same shade, similar figure. .... In pictures, often does look almost indistinguishable...in hand, not so much. "Claro" is fairly recent moniker; the CA genus that is not a hybrid w/ eastern black is generally somewhat lighter and has a clarity of grain that is just, somehow, different altho I don't know any way to verbalize it--you just have to see it in person to appreciate the difference I think. Note there's nothing at all "wrong" w/ Eastern black walnut nor any intent to imply same; they're just subtly different. -- |
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On 8/16/2011 8:35 PM, Steve wrote:
On 2011-08-16 14:12:49 -0400, "dadiOH" said: Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. Personally, walnut is my favorite, too. Except when I'm working with Cherry. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Maple. Then that's my favorite. Except when I'm working with Oak. Then that's, oh, wait a minute! I really don't care much for Oak. Seriously, I do love walnut. (http://tinyurl.com/4ygdgy2) And cherry, and maple... Ever work with MDF? LOL |
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On 8/16/2011 9:27 PM, Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 16, 2:12 pm, wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ MY THOUGHTS A lot of you seem to favor cherry but it leaves me cold. Nothing wrong with it, just doesn't grab me. Neither does maple except for curly or birdseye. Oak - white oak - is one of my favorites...hard, strong, works easily but I would never call it pretty. Not even with a flake figure. Hickory is nice, rather like it. Birch isn't in the running, neither is beech. Walnut is a different story...works nicely, nice color, interesting grain but not much figure. It would be my nomination for domestic wood. _____________ I haven't used a lot of imports...mahogany, khaya, makore, utile, nogal, Phillipine mahogany, maybe 2-3 more. Nogal (Peruvian walnut) isn't as attractive as black walnut and is softer but it can be very dark, almost black. Handy sometimes. I wouldn't characterize either makore or utile - especially utile - as very attractive but they aren't bad looking. I think Phillipine mahogany is way under rated. Some of them are very nice. Even rotary cut luan ply is useful...very plain grain which I prefer in large expanses to things like Brazilian rosewood. Not too many years ago there were acres and acres of Brazilian rosewood ply covering lobbies, board rooms, elevators and meeting rooms. Used to make my head spin. Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips& tricks on this and that. Get it athttp://mysite.verizon.net/xico If there had to be just one? Cherry. I like Purple Heart and Padouk. But the most incredible wood I have ever seen was the back of a 1957 Gibson where the birds eye maple looked like pearls floating in liquid diamonds. I will never forget that. Good trip? It was the druuugs... , mon |
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I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? *Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. *Same shade, similar figure. This might help. Page down to Claro Walnut: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...al.htm#letterC Sonny |
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On Aug 17, 7:29*am, Sonny wrote:
I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? *Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. *Same shade, similar figure. This might help. Page down to Claro Walnut:http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...al.htm#letterC Sonny Click onto the pic for more pics Sonny |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:29:24 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
wrote: I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? *Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. *Same shade, similar figure. This might help. Page down to Claro Walnut: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...al.htm#letterC Cool site! -- ....in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work. -- John Ruskin |
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On 8/17/2011 7:29 AM, Sonny wrote:
I haven't seen any claro walnut in local wood yards. What's so special about it as opposed to black walnut? Juglans hindsii and nigra look awfully similar in these pics. Same shade, similar figure. This might help. Page down to Claro Walnut: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/person...al.htm#letterC Sonny Page down to Walnut, Claro |
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On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote:
There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. I have no idea what sort of wood Tamarack is and to be honest I really don't care. It is the favorite firewood of most around here, kind of a shame. I got over a thousand board feet of it from a nearby sawmill for fifty cents a board foot. It's not easy to work with but the finished product is worth the trouble. This is a Murphy bed finished in clear urethane http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Murphy1.jpg http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Murphy2.jpg Cupboards stained and clear urethane http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/cupboards3.jpg I used the Tamarack for wainscoting throughout the house. It's finished like the Murphy bed. LdB |
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On 8/17/2011 10:07 AM, LdB wrote:
On 8/16/2011 1:12 PM, dadiOH wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? ___________ Both mahogany and khaya are nice, among my favorites (sapele too) but my pick for prettiest wood is koa. Wonderful and varied color, looks like mahogany on steroids. Used to be that it was easy to get highly figured boards too but nowadays they are all picked over by large shops before the boards ever see the light of retail day. Biggest problem with koa is the price...now $45+- per board foot. I used to get it for $0.50sigh when walnut and teak were in the $1.25 - 1.35 range. I have no idea what sort of wood Tamarack is and to be honest I really don't care. It is the favorite firewood of most around here, kind of a shame. I got over a thousand board feet of it from a nearby sawmill for fifty cents a board foot. It's not easy to work with but the finished product is worth the trouble. This is a Murphy bed finished in clear urethane http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Murphy1.jpg http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Murphy2.jpg Cupboards stained and clear urethane http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/cupboards3.jpg I used the Tamarack for wainscoting throughout the house. It's finished like the Murphy bed. LdB it's a larch. looks a lot like hickory though |
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On Aug 16, 2:12*pm, "dadiOH" wrote:
What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? Figured North American maple, dyed with Transtint, your choice of color. Looks like marble more than wood. |
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On Aug 16, 2:01*pm, Nova wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:12:49 -0400, "dadiOH" wrote: There have been several *L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length * What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? Cocobolo is one of my favorites. http://www.advantagelumber.com/cocobolo.htm -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA I'm with Nova on this one. Although I saw a lot of other drool-worthy woods in my Central American travels. Luigi |
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On 8/18/2011 10:02 AM, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Aug 16, 2:01 pm, wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:12:49 -0400, wrote: There have been several L O N G off topic posts recently so I thought I'd start one that was ON topic and still allow y'all to comment, rave, rant, discuss, etc. at great length What do you think is the prettiest hardwood, domestic or imported? Cocobolo is one of my favorites. http://www.advantagelumber.com/cocobolo.htm -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA I'm with Nova on this one. Although I saw a lot of other drool-worthy woods in my Central American travels. Luigi About 25 years ago I built a cocobolo and padauk coffee table. A couple of years ago I dismantled it and resurface the top. The link is to the freshly drum sanded top. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...in/photostream |
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Leon wrote:
About 25 years ago I built a cocobolo and padauk coffee table. A couple of years ago I dismantled it and resurface the top. The link is to the freshly drum sanded top. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...in/photostream Gotta love those drum sanders -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
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I have some veneer Etimoe, I have been waiting for the right project.
That dash must be beautiful. It is so wild, and tame at the same time. I love the chatoyance .... AWESOME.... I was trying to think what my favorite would be, when you reminded me how much I am enamored of this grain. On 8/16/2011 6:49 PM, "__ Bøb __" wrote: If we're allowed to get a little crazy here ... I built a dash for an AC Cobra, and used Etimoe ... it looks GREAT !!! |
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I guess I should mention my etimoe veneer is highly figured like this.
http://tinyurl.com/3qnksaf On 8/20/2011 8:30 AM, tiredofspam wrote: I have some veneer Etimoe, I have been waiting for the right project. That dash must be beautiful. It is so wild, and tame at the same time. I love the chatoyance .... AWESOME.... I was trying to think what my favorite would be, when you reminded me how much I am enamored of this grain. On 8/16/2011 6:49 PM, "__ Bøb __" wrote: If we're allowed to get a little crazy here ... I built a dash for an AC Cobra, and used Etimoe ... it looks GREAT !!! |
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About 25 years ago I built a cocobolo and padauk coffee table. A couple of years ago I dismantled it and resurface the top. The link is to the freshly drum sanded top. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...in/photostream Oooh, pretty, pretty! |
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