Dear All,
I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
needs to be striking.
Thoughts?
P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most likely
be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
Thanks,
David.
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In article
<[email protected]>, David F.
Eisan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I have a little piece of Curly Koa and it really does have the *WOW* factor.
> I checked with my local wood mongers and no one has any. Onto plan B...
>
> David.
There's always that standard fallback, when in doubt...
Poplar.
;-)
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David Eisan asks:
>Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
>I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
>Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
>The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
>needs to be striking.
Too bad. Koa is about $27, IIRC. But give some thought to quartersawn sycamore.
Striking figure, much like lacewood. About 6 bucks a bf most places.
Charlie Self
"I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who
believe it." George Carlin
How about Amboyna Burl? It is very elegant, but not sure of the price.
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"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> Charlie Self wrote:
>
> > Too bad. Koa is about $27, IIRC.
>
> I'll second curly koa. It is stunning stuff. Especially if you can
> find some crotch or flame wood: http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/koa2.jpg It
> would probably be overbearing in a large piece, but for smaller stuff it
> is impressive.
>
>
> Chuck Vance
>
>
Oh man! That is absolutely beautiful!
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:49:24 -0600, "D. J. Dorn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I don't know that bloodwood will give you the figure you want, but it's very
>dense. I've used it for chessboards and while I love the end result, I
>really don't like working with it. As soon as I ran some through the
>tablesaw, I quickly saw why this "Rosewood" is nicknamed "Bloodwood". The
>dust was fine and "ran" all over the place.
Bloodwood has the nastiest dust I have ever found. it is finer then anything
else and is really hard to capture. padouk is pretty bad but bloodwood is the
worst. desert ironwood is about the same but it smells worse. but bloodwood is
not a rosewood.
now desert ironwood is about the best looking wood I have found. the grain can
be incredible. very deep and shiny.
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David F. Eisan wrote:
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
<snort> Nothing over $25 a bf... We can't use anything *expensive* after
all.
Yeesh. I'm glad I consider walnut an "exotic." :)
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cyprus. When stained, it displays a beautiful grain. Each board has a
different grain.
Bill
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
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"David F. Eisan" wrote in message ..
snip>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
Well, Lacewood is nice, but so is common old Redgum and Tulipwood. See ABPW,
I've put some pics there for you.
Greg
> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Organization: Road Runner - NC
> Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:19:03 GMT
> Subject: Re: Prettiest Wood?
>
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:53 GMT, "David F. Eisan"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
>> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>>
>> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>>
>> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>>
>> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
>> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
Padauk will fade in time and loose the nice orange color.
Thu, Dec 4, 2003, 4:46am (EST+5) [email protected] (Ross) says:
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Padauk will fade in time and loose the nice
orange color.
I'm thinking petrified wood won't lose its color.
JOAT
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:35:47 GMT, "David F. Eisan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Bloodwood smells soooo sweet though, I love the smell...
>
sweet? man your idea of sweet is odd (G) you want sweet cut some vera that stuff
is sweet. makes your whole shop smell sweet.
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Mark & Juanita wrote:
> [http://www.swt.edu/~cv01/koa2.jpg]
>
> Oh man! That is absolutely beautiful!
Thanks, Mark. I made it as a Christmas gift for my mom. I've got a
small stash of similar stuff tucked away in my shop for emergencies.
:-) Half of it is the curly stuff like the sides of the box, and the
rest is the flame/crotch stuff like the top.
FWIW, the stuff is an absolute bear to plane. I've never had any
great problems with other curly woods (maple, cherry, walnut), but this
stuff seems to alternate hard/soft grain as well as having reversals
every inch or so. And then the crotch stuff ... whew!
Chuck Vance
Just say (tmPL) But it's worth it for how it looks when you're done.
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:51:08 GMT, Steve Knight
<[email protected]> wrote:
>sweet? man your idea of sweet is odd (G) you want sweet cut some vera that stuff
>is sweet. makes your whole shop smell sweet.
I've worked with vitae, and really enjoy the smell of that. is vera
anything like that?
Bridger
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I
am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest
wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga,
Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood
that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
David,
You might consider branching out into veneer. ("Branching Out" - get
it? Wood humour [humor Keith]) There are lots of striking veneers and
they won't break the bank. If you're set on solid wood, I would find
some figured Koa. Here's an example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2363412216&category=28138
IMHO, I think you should go to your local lumber supplier
and dig thru his stock of domestics and exotics and look
for something out of the ordinary. I have found that even
regular domestics can have some of the flashiest grain
patterns if you search thru them.
I just built a box for a Christmas gift and wasn't even
really looking at the grain pattern when I picked up some ash.
Just looking for low cost (gift for the SWMBO's friends). When
I applied an oil finish to it I started noticing that I'd been
blessed with some ash w/ an incredible grain pattern and
off-the-wall vein like reddish streaks. After applying the final
finish it looks like curly maple with some extras. Now I'm
disappointed that I didn't keep the wood for my own use.
Oh well, SWMBO wanted and she got.
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:53 GMT, "David F. Eisan"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
>looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
>In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
>Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
>I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
>Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
>The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
>needs to be striking.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most likely
>be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
>http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
>Thanks,
>
>David.
>
>Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
>Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
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rosewood? just a thought. realy pretty stuff. skeez
Dave Balderstone <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<021220032056027926%[email protected]>...
>
>
> There's always that standard fallback, when in doubt...
>
> Poplar.
>
Which I suppose would make a very good substrate for veneer.
WHich means, that pretty much any wood could be chosen and used
within that price range.
Anybody make pink ivory veneer?
--
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[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> David Eisan asks:
>
> >I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> >Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
> >
> Too bad. Koa is about $27, IIRC. But give some thought to quartersawn sycamore.
> Striking figure, much like lacewood. About 6 bucks a bf most places.
>
> Charlie Self
I'll toss in a vote for sycamore. I just turned a piece last night
with sycamore and I was very suprised at the results (never having
worked with sycamore before). Very hard, close grain. Some nice
figuring and the grain looks beautiful. It finishes very nicely too -
I have put on but one coat of tung oil and it already shines like
glass.
Stinks when cutting though.
-Chris
Add Zebra to the list.
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
> Newbies, please read this newsgroups FAQ.
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:53 GMT, "David F. Eisan"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
>looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
is this box for the new girlfriend? my wife loves lacewood and
gravitates to any box ive done which contains that wood. my personal
choice would be rosewood which has some of the nicest grain ive seen.
another choice would be maybe a hunk of burl. finally, you may want to
consider some plain ol pine or poplar and get some outrageous veneer
to cover it up with. many women do not really appreciate the exotic
woods, or any wood for that matter. im betting she'd be more taken by
the design than the wood that went in to making it. when it comes to
making something for my wife, this phrase goes into every
consideration of design and construction ....'simple but elegant'....
disregard this post if you are making the box for a guy.
TomL
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:21:53 +0000, David F. Eisan wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
Ok, I will throw my 2 cents worth in. I vote for the curly maple. My
personal preference is birdseye maple. Lacewood is pretty but kind of
hard to work. I have found that I need to block sand it by hand to
maintain a flat surface. Bubinga and red gum are pretty but I would think
they are better suited to larger projects, although if you can find a good
piece of curly bubinga or "waterfall" bubinga it would be nice for a small
box (use sharp tools, the stuff is hard as a rock and dust burns the
nose). If you prefer a red colored wood I have seen some Wenge that is
very pretty, and for a darker colored wood ebony is hard to beat but may
be pricy. If you have a chance to look around some dark curly walnut
makes really pretty boxes but my preferences lean toward lighter colored
woods.
I don't know that bloodwood will give you the figure you want, but it's very
dense. I've used it for chessboards and while I love the end result, I
really don't like working with it. As soon as I ran some through the
tablesaw, I quickly saw why this "Rosewood" is nicknamed "Bloodwood". The
dust was fine and "ran" all over the place.
Don
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
> Newbies, please read this newsgroups FAQ.
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Burled thuya.
Brian.
"David F. Eisan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bt%[email protected]...
> Dear All,
>
> I am going to be making a little box for a friend for Christmas and I am
> looking for a very striking wood to make it out of.
>
> In the highly figured or exotics, what do you think is the prettiest wood?
>
> Money is an object, so nothing over $25 a BF.
>
> I am thinking of Cocobolo, QS AUS Lacewood, Padauk, Bubinga, Bloodwood,
> Bocote, Red Gum, Highly curly hard maple or Sapele.
>
> The box is going to be a very small simple affair, so it is the wood that
> needs to be striking.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> P.S. Here is a link to my closest exotic wood monger that I will most
likely
> be buying the wood from, they have pics of most of these woods online,
>
> http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/gallery.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
>
> Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
>
> Newbies, please read this newsgroups FAQ.
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