I started working on these boards last year, they are for the bedside pedestals. I don’t know the name of the the wood but I do know it is very hard. I have spent the last 3 days sanding these boards and I have gone through sand paper faster than a hobo through a meat pie.
While I was busy with this blog Honey was busy chewing something, I went over to investigate and there on her towel is a chewed up tube of super glue and she is busy chewing the cap. I dont know how much super glue she swallowed. She went into the workshop and took the tube off the table. She seems to be ok. I gave her a rawhide bone to chew.
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ellen35
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#1 posted 02-26-2010 10:25 PM
Cher,
That wood is gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing your project with it.
Watch that pooch… super glue is tough stuff!
Ellen
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#2 posted 02-26-2010 10:26 PM
Nice timber do you have a design in mind or that you have sketched
as for honey and super gluei hope she doesnt end up chewing the same rawhide for the rest of her life LOL….....
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lew
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#3 posted 02-26-2010 10:27 PM
The wood sure is beautiful. Some of it almost looks like walnut but it doesn’t look quite dark enough.
Hope Honey is OK.
Lew
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#4 posted 02-26-2010 10:30 PM
Never seen that kind of wood but it is very nice, hope someone can tell what it is.
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#5 posted 02-26-2010 10:31 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm! Meat pie! Nice wood, too!
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#6 posted 02-26-2010 10:34 PM
Cher is that blue color just a refection or is it in the wood?
patron
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#7 posted 02-26-2010 11:09 PM
cher i sent you a source ,
i think it is imbuia ,
brazilian walnut ,
it looks like some that was given to me ,
very hard ,
very heavy .
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pommy
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#8 posted 02-26-2010 11:14 PM
That is what makes this site the best you dont even have to know the timber becuase someone out there will know good shout Dave
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#9 posted 02-26-2010 11:24 PM
I think it is Walnut from what I can see….very nice I like it with the white sap wood it looks great
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#10 posted 02-27-2010 12:37 AM
If it’s Imbuia I think it’ll have a peppery smell when cut.
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Cher
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#11 posted 02-27-2010 08:28 PM
Hi All, ellen35 and lew Honey is fine thank you. I dont think she swallowed much I think most of it landed on her towel. pommy I got an idea from Wetherlys. GMan It is just a reflection. David Thank you for the info. JAGWAH It does smell peppery. Mario Do you have a drum sander? If not perhaps we can put our heads together and make 2.
I am hoping to darken the wood without stain, any suggestions?
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patron
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#12 posted 02-27-2010 08:37 PM
the imbuia i started with ,
was kind of brownish grey ,
after the finish ( poly ) ,
it looks like walnut and is more deeper brown ,
without the slight grey .
it really is very nice ,
the grain jumps right out !
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
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