Cocobola Rosewood Bracelets

wow, that’s pretty wood! I’ve got a 6” x 6” x 2” block that I’ve got saved for forend tips and grip caps. I may have to turn a bowl or something out of it…

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Nice work. Turning must be lots of fun and very rewarding. I see folks post turned items here all the time and they make it look so easy. Huh….I’m not as young as I once was so building and restoring furniture is not as much fun as it used to be. Too heavy. I’m thinking about moving on to turning.
Great job!

-- In the end it is more about the memories we make than the pieces we build.

Hi Hal. I wish the piece I bought was 3 1/4 at least so I could make my mom a bracelet out of it. I may lay up some walnut and box elder to make a nice contrasting one for her.

Hi Sawdust, I highly recommend getting a wood lathe. It will open a whole new world to you and you can completely finish a project is a short time compared to cabinet making ,etc. And you can find youBoy has that changed.
I don’t usually buy wood, but we don’t have any Cocobola or Rosewood growing around here.

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Those bracelets look really nice!

You do great work.

-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

I love them, they are so beautiful. Great work.

Gey that cocobola comes up beaut Jim, these are a nice pair, fabulous colour very well done my friend
Hey, you gotta learn to stay away from the “candy store” LOL :))

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Wow are these sharp I like’em both!! What did you use for a finish?

Jim I am going to send you a PM, have a question…

Thanks for sharing

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

They are both beautiful, but I like the grain on the one on the right the best. Try one like that with walnut or other dark wood laminated in the center.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

They are really beautiful Jim

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

those are really beautiful, that wood looks great.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://[email protected]

Hey Dan, I’ll try that on the next one. I have lots of walnut. I would really like to try ebony but I don’t have any yet. I’m looking for Corian to use with the different woods. I just got a line on a place the uses it so I will visit them Monday to scrounge through the scrap if they let me. I’m glad you like that grain direction, so do I…..Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Nice work Jim, great finish as well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Hey Jim, you mentioned Corian, I picked some up the other day form a benchtop specialist, just told him I was a non profit hobby turner & could he help with some off cuts, mentioned to him I could knock him up a couple of paper towel stands with corion bases which he may be able to supply with the bench tops. He went for it & I came away with some decent size pieces (like 2’ x 15”) in midnight black, white satin, white marble style etc, didnt cost a cent except a couple of stands which is about 30min total.
Worth a try Jim good luck.
BTH it turns fabulous you can polish the edges with all sorts from auto paint cutter to brasso to eee
Cheers Mate

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

funny thing about these rings is they look like they’re worth alot more than any gold ring…love em

-- M.K.

I gotta make some for my wife. These are really nice!

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer