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Mahogany Or Not; Chess Box Or Not
I Am Reposting This One With A Lot Of Capital Letters And The Word Mahogany
In The Title In The Hope That Someone Will Take The Bait This Time. It Seem Hard To Imagine Nobody Had A Single Thing To Say About Any Of This. Subject: when plans meet circumstances From: Silvan Date: Friday 03 December 2004 06:32:26 pm Groups: rec.woodworking User-Agent: KNode/0.8.0 no references I've been dreaming of an exquisite walnut/maple trumpet case, because I need a trumpet case, and because I like the combination of walnut and maple. I squirrled away a little cash I earned from a bit of moonlighting, and went forth to ye olde butchered and baked tree merchant to purchase as much walnut as I could afford. Their walnut stock was abysmal.**Almost*every*last*board*was*thin,*cupped , severely twisted, and composed predominantly of sapwood. I came home with the one walnut board that was pretty close to straight and flat.**It's*a*mix*of*heart*and*sap,*but*it*has*som e*interesting*figure*if*I don't plane it off when I work it up. I also came home with 5 bf of mahogany.**Honduran,*Philipine,*Upper Slobobian, Dinzl Ptekian, I have no clue.**It's*about*a*raw*sienna*color, and the color is fairly even, though there is some striping.**The*butchered treeseller's upstream supplier can supply either "African mahogany" or "Genuine Mahogany."**I*don't*know*which*this*is,*and*neithe r*did*the*little old lady behind the counter.**It*was*$4.98/bf*compared*to*$4.70/bf*for walnut (the same prices they had a year ago, incidentally) if that makes it likely to be one or the other.**I*have*a*vague*idea*that*it's*"supposed"*t o be "genuine" mahogany. I also spent up the last dregs of my cash on a couple bf of soft maple. So now I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with this.**It*just*isn't saying "trumpet case" to me anymore.**Actually,*now*that*I've*got*a five-leg stand coming, my horn will almost never see the inside of the case anyway.**If*I*ever*do*get*some*contacts*going*and* get*out*in*the*world*and play with other people at some point, it might be cool to show off my ridiculously snazzy trumpet case, but this is seeming less and less likely. I've been trying to play the social life game a little, and it's just not my bag.**I*was*born*to*be*a*hermit. I've been thinking of doing another chess box, but I had intended to do walnut/maple for that too.**I*have*a*real*thing*for*walnut.**Mahogany looking interestingish, but it's not a color I'm really in love with.**It seems a sure bet it needs to be mixed with something more interesting. This figured heart/sap walnut is interesting.**I'm*thinking*maybe*a predominantly mahogany chess box with this swirly walnut for the contrasting element.**I'm*not*sure*if*this*will*be*a*letdown*c ompared*to the walnut/maple vision I have to do eventually or not, really.**That*one*I made for Dad last year sure is awful puuuuuuuuurty. SWMBO doesn't need any jewelry boxes, and there's not enough wood here to build anything of any real size.**I*guess*I'm*stuck*in*a*rut*on*chess boxes, but I can't quite think of anything better to do with it.**It*sure seems a waste of all this disgustingly expensive wood to make a trumpet case out of it. What say ye?**Also,*what*say*ye*about*trying*some*other*kin d*of*shellac*on the two-tone walnut?**I'm*debating*whether*to*try*garnet*or*ora nge*instead of the blonde I used last time.**It*might*darken*the*light*patches*a*little and make everything look more walnutty, but then it might have unwanted clashes with the (faux?) mahogany too. While I think about it, I guess I'll stick it in the house.**I*still*don't have any satisfactory way to store lumber flat in my shop.**I*should probably let it sit a few weeks anyway before I work it. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
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