What is your favorite wood?

[brandt]

I am fond of PINE because it is so plentiful up here in Canada. But, I would really like to get my hands on some straight grained fir (as mentioned previously) Stunning wood!!

[Fred Miner]

Mesquite. It's hard as hell and somewhat hard on tools but finishes very nice. And the scraps make excellent fuel for dutch oven cooking.

Fred

[Jon Endres, PE]

Anything free. In my case, all the wood sitting in piles in my yard - probably 15,000 board feet of it.

Jon E

[Nova]

I agree. What was your address again Jon? ;-)

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

[Larry Jaques]

On 10 Nov 2004 16:06:54 GMT, [e-mail] (Charlie Self) calmly ranted:

Walnut and mahogany work well with hand tools and smell GREAT. I love this jarrah, too, but the red dust is driving me nuts.

Mencken's thoughts have been entirely taken to heart by THIS admin, wot?

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[patriarch]

Nova wrote in news: [e-mail]:

It would be free to Jack, but I believe Jon has a fair amount of sweat and capital invested in that pile.

If not, then maybe he SHOULD freely share with each of us!

Patriarch

[Luigi Zanasi]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:39:18 -0800, "TeamCasa" scribbled:

I hate purpleheart. Harder than stone, dulls your tools quickly, splinters more than red oak or doug fir, splinters in your hands fester worse than red cedar. But the colour sure is purty, according to the LOML.

Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address

[Charlie Self]

Larry Jaques responds:

Truly.

"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office." Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

Charlie Self "It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." H. L. Mencken

[George]

Cherry. Works easily, polishes a treat, even smells good when you're working it.

Oh yes, does a nice Lake Superior salmon in the smoker, too,

[todd the wood junkie]

Hard telling from that picture, though I sure like the curves in that design. Here is a nice link showing the difference between the two woods.

have some stunning pictures of my own I will post in a day or so showing honey locust.

[Michael Houghton]

Cherry. It works nicely and it is nice to look at.

Ash and maple are nice too, but my favorite to *work* with is cherry.

yours, Michael

[PC Gameplayer]

There are few things (if any) in the woodshop that smell as good as cutting walnut. It's a sweet, smoky, woody smell that is very distinctive.

But for woods to "work with", I prefer red oak. I build (or try to build...) a lot of mission-style stuff, and I'm a traditionalist...of course if I was a strict traditionalist I'd go with quarter sawn, but I'll save that for when my skills have improved.

Jim

[todd the wood junkie]

Here are some pictures of honey locust in my shop. I am making a jewelry box, and several pictures show the mosiac top, framed with a wild grained honey locust. Other pictures demonstrate the beautiful figure and color of this wood.

[todd the wood junkie]

Here are some pictures of honey locust in my shop. I am making a jewelry box, and several pictures show the mosiac top, framed with a wild grained honey locust. Other pictures demonstrate the beautiful figure and color of this wood.

[Owen Lawrence]

Cherry. I love the way it turns to glass even BEFORE I put the finish on. And after that, it keeps getting better and better.

- Owen -

[Sandman]

I even love the way it smells. Cherry, for me, # 1 by far. Stability, finishability, machinability second to none. Many will agree and disagree. And THAT is exactly the reason God gave us so many different trees to choose from.

Rob