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Bonsai Doer
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,452
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This is closer yet. The top wood represents Wengi, from South America. Very hard, and beautiful. One drawback is lacquar's make them turn black, which is not necessarily a drawback. I would just like to see the variation in grain. The next board is Austrailian Lace Wood. This is a hard wood with grain that looks like lizard skin. Very beautiful when finished, and looks better with finish on it. Next down is a piece of Black Walnut. Nothing special here, just great hardwood, and King with me for projects.
The orange board is Paduk. This is a hardwood from Africa. It gets a little richer and darker with age and oxidation. This is a mess to work with in the shop. This stuff stains your clothes and will make a mess in the house if I'm not carefull. Trust me I'm carefull. The three ramaining boards are African Mahogany. These boards are a full 2 inches thick and 12 inches wide. I will have these resawn and then I will run them through the planer and make large stands from them.These three boards alone should make about 4 to 5 stands.
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